Downfield proton chemical shifts are not reliable aromaticity indicators

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1457-1460

  Wannere, Chaitanya S ^a   Corminboeuf, Clémence ^a   Allen, Wesley D ^a   Schaefer III, Henry F ^a   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 17844365537     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050118q     Document Type: Article

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