Three groups good, four groups bad? Atropisomerism in ortho-substituted diaryl ethers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 45, Issue 35, 2006, Pages 5803-5807

  Betson, Mark S ^a   Clayden, Jonathan ^a   Worrall, Christopher P ^a   Peace, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atropisomerism; Diaryl ethers; NMR spectroscopy; Rotational barriers; Stereochemistry

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ISOMERIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ATROPISOMERISM; DIARYL ETHERS; ROTATIONAL BARRIERS; TERT BUTYL GROUPS;

ETHERS;

EID: 33748545334     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200601866     Document Type: Article

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