Relative reactivity of three and four membered rings - The absence of charge effect

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1065-1069

  Wolk, Joel L ^a   Sprecher, Milon ^a   Basch, Harold ^a   Hoz, Shmaryahu ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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ACTIVATION ENERGY; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; COMPLEXATION; DERIVATIVES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION KINETICS;

CHARGE EFFECT; MARCUS EQUATION; RADICAL REACTIONS;

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EID: 2342529023     PISSN: 14770520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b314869f     Document Type: Article

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