Merging and bifurcation of 4+2 and 2+4 cycloaddition modes in the archetypal dimerization of butadiene. A case of competing bispericyclic, pericyclic and diradical paths

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 48, 2002, Pages 8785-8789

  Quadrelli, Paolo ^a   Romano, Silvano ^a   Toma, Lucio ^a   Caramella, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ALKADIENE; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLOADDITION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0037175488     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)02014-2     Document Type: Article

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