Comparison of "Polynaphthalenes" Prepared by Two Mechanistically Distinct Routes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 48, 2003, Pages 14708-14709

  Johnson, James P ^a   Bringley, Dustin A ^a   Wilson, Erin E ^a   Lewis, Kevin D ^a   Beck, Larry W ^a   Matzger, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYMER;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL BOND; CYCLIZATION; MATRIX ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 0345293182     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja035695t     Document Type: Article

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