Phenacenes from Diels-Alder trapping of photogenerated o-xylylenols: Phenanthrenes and benzo[e]pyrene bisimide

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 577-580

  Ilhan, Faysal ^a,b   Tyson, Daniel S ^a,b   Meador, Michael A ^b  

^a OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33644773403     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol052711d     Document Type: Article

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