The synthesis of a dicyclopenta[a,e]pentalene via a molybdenum hexacarbonyl-mediated tandem allenic Pauson-Khand reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3230-3231

  Cao, Hui ^a   Flippen Anderson, Judith ^b   Cook, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNULENE DERIVATIVE; DICYCLOPENTA[A,E]PENTALENE; HYDROCARBON; MOLYBDENUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CYCLOPENTANES; MOLYBDENUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0242417568     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja021159+     Document Type: Article

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