Bimolecular formation of radicals by hydrogen transfer, 10: On the mechanism of quinone dehydrogenations

Liebigs Annales

Volumn , Issue 2, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Höfler, Christoph ^a   Rüchardt, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrogen atom transfer; Radicals; Retrodisproportionation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748903380     PISSN: 09473440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlac.199619960206     Document Type: Article

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