Measuring antiaromaticity by an analysis of ring current and coupling constant changes in a cyclopentadienone-fused dihydropyrene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 46, 2005, Pages 16251-16254

  Mitchell, Reginald H ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Fan, Wei ^a   Berg, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RATE CONSTANTS;

CHEMICAL SHIFT; COUPLING CONSTANTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ANNULENE DERIVATIVE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZANNULENE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTADIENONE; DIHYDROPYRENE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 28044455879     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja055356v     Document Type: Article

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