The azulene-to-naphthalene rearrangement revisited: A DFT study of intramolecular and radical-promoted mechanisms

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 5375-5387

  Alder, Roger W ^a   East, Stephen P ^a   Harvey, Jeremy N ^a   Oakley, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTRAMOLECULAR MECHANISMS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; FREE RADICALS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; REACTION KINETICS;

MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

ALKADIENE; AZULENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BICYCLO COMPOUND; BUTANE; CARBENE; NAPHTHALENE; RADICAL; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY;

EID: 0038292987     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja029584q     Document Type: Article

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