[3+2] versus [2+2] addition of metal oxides across C=C bonds. Reconciliation of experiment and theory

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 645-651

  Deubel, Dirk V ^a,b,c   Frenking, Gernot ^a,b,c  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; METAL OXIDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIHYDROXYLATION; KINETICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0141706880     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020268q     Document Type: Article

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