Reaction intermediates in organic chemistry - The "big picture"

Canadian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1415-1431

  Andraos, John ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanistic chemistry; Physical organic chemistry; Reaction intermediates

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; LABORATORIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

MECHANISTIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

REACTION KINETICS;

CANADA; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENT; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 33644590404     PISSN: 00084042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/v05-175     Document Type: Review

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