Diels-Alder Reactivity of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. 1. Acenes and Benzologs

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 1980, Pages 3163-3173

  Biermann, D ^a   Schmidt, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 0040963619     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00529a046     Document Type: Article

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