Crystal structure and rotational barrier of octakis(bromomethyl)naphthalene

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 637-640

  Simaan, Samah ^a   Marks, Vered ^b   Gottlieb, Hugo E ^b   Stanger, Amnon ^c   Biali, Silvio E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

TOPOMERIZATION;

NAPHTHALENE;

NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; OCTAKIS(BROMOMETHYL)NAPHTHALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER;

EID: 0346034634     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo026343s     Document Type: Article

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