Photochemical Myers-Saito and C2-C6 cyclizations of enyne-allenes: Direct detection of intermediates in solution

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5324-5325

  Schmittel, Michael ^a   Mahajan, Atul A ^a   Bucher, Götz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS;

ALKADIENES; ALKYNES; CARBODIIMIDES; CYCLIZATION; IMINES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 17644369229     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja044890k     Document Type: Article

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