Access to an excited state via the thermal ring-opening of a cyclopropylidene

Organic Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 2349-2352

  Cremeens, Matthew E ^a,b   Carpenter, Barry K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPROPANATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAT TREATMENT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; RING OPENING; THEORY;

EID: 3242699930     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol049296u     Document Type: Article

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