Photochemistry of diethynyl sulfides: A cycloaromatization for the formation of five-membered rings

Organic Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 2195-2197

  Lewis, Kevin D ^a   Wenzler, David L ^a   Matzger, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,4 CYCLOHEXADIENE; 2 PROPANOL; 2,5 DIDEHYDROTHIOPHENE; 3,4 DIPHENYLTHIOPHENE; ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; ALKADIENE; BIS(PHENYLETHYNYL)SULFIDE; CARBON; HEXANE; PHENYLACETYLENE; SULFIDE; SULFUR; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141629816     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol034266x     Document Type: Article

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