Alkanethioimidoyl Radicals: Evaluation of β-Scission Rates and of Cyclization onto S-Alkenyl Substituents

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 2056-2069

  Minozzi, Matteo ^b   Nanni, Daniele ^b   Walton, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RATE CONSTANTS; ROTATION; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); FRAGMENTATION PROCESSES;

FREE RADICALS;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; THIOIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; THEORY;

EID: 1642329299     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo0353637     Document Type: Article

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