Substituent Effects and Nearly Degenerate Transition States: Rational Design of Substrates for the Tandem Wolff-Cope Reaction

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-25

  Su, Julius T ^a   Sarpong, Richmond ^a   Stoltz, Brian M ^a   Goddard III, William A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; KETENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIS ISOMER; COPE REARRANGEMENT; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TANDEM WOLFF COPE REACTION; TRANS ISOMER;

EID: 0347760144     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja037716p     Document Type: Article

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