Thermoreversible photocyclization of a pyrazolotriazole to a triazasemibullvalene: A novel electrocyclic reaction

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-44

  Carra, Claudio ^a   Bally, Thomas ^a   Jenny, Titus A ^a   Albini, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZASEMIBULLVALENE; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLIZATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM THEORY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0041409504     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b106231j     Document Type: Article

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