Ground- and excited-state surfaces for the [2+2]-photocycloaddition of α,β-enones to alkenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 5866-5876

  Wilsey, Sarah ^a   González, Leticia ^b,c   Robb, Michael A ^c   Houk, K N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROLEIN; ALKENE; CYCLOBUTANE; ETHYLENE;

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

EID: 0039334846     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0006595     Document Type: Article

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