Why is the linking C-C bond in tetrahedranyltetrahedrane so short?

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-538

  Mo, Yirong ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION;

BUTADIENES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 32644451325     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052921q     Document Type: Article

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