Photolysis of 11-methylenepentacyclo-[5.4.0.02,6.03,10.0 5,9]undecan-8-spiro-3′-diazirine. Medium dependent reaction

Croatica Chemica Acta

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 575-584

  Mlinarić Majerski, Kata ^a   Veljković, Jelena ^a   Kaselj, Mira ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Azines; Cage compounds; Carbenes; Diazirine

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040524118     PISSN: 00111643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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