Connectivity Effects in Isomeric Naphthalenedinitrenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 357-360

  Serwinski, Paul R ^a   Walton, Richard ^a,d   Sanborn, Jon A ^a,e   Lahti, Paul M ^a   Enyo, Tomonori ^b   Miura, Daisuke ^b   Tomioka, Hideo ^b   Nicolaides, Athanassios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^d Ethox Chemicals LLC   (United States)

^e AMHERST COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0442327200     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0068288     Document Type: Article

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