Theoretical evidence for oxygenated intermediates in the reductive cyclization of nitrobenzenes

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 743-746

  Davies, Ian W ^a   Guner, Vildan A ^b   Houk, K N ^b  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUND; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; NITROBENZENE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; STILBENE DERIVATIVE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; DEOXYGENATION; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1642370535     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol0364273     Document Type: Article

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