Symmetry-enforced conformational control of photochemical reactivity in 2-vinyl-1,3-terphenyl

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 13664-13665

  Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Zuo, Xiaobing ^a   Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^b   Rubin, Michael ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037145994     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja028251q     Document Type: Article

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