gem-Disubstituent effect: Theoretical basis and synthetic applications

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1735-1766

  Jung, Michael E ^a   Piizzi, Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; ATOMS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CATALYSIS; DRUG PRODUCTS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRAIN; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BIOCHEMICAL IMPLICATIONS; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITIONS; GEM-DIALKYL EFFECT; GEM-DISUBSTITUENT EFFECT; PHARMACEUTICAL IMPLICATIONS;

SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

CYCLIZATION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 20044390256     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr940337h     Document Type: Review

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