Mechanism of novel consecutive rearrangements of cyclobutene-fused diphenylhomobenzoquinones catalyzed by Lewis acids

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4577-4585

  Koizumi, Takuya ^a   Mochizuki, Eiko ^a   Kokubo, Ken ^a   Oshima, Takumi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

INTERMOLECULAR CYCLIZATION; PROTON TRANSFER;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

ACETYLENE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALUMINUM CHLORIDE; BENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BORON TRIFLUORIDE; CARBONYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOBUTANE; CYCLOPROPANE; DIPHENYLHOMOBENZOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; LEWIS ACID; STANNIC CHLORIDE; TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; EPIMERIZATION; MICHAEL ADDITION; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS; WAGNER MEERWEIN REARRANGEMENT; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 3142534627     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo035830k     Document Type: Article

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