Experimental/computational study of the electrochemical oxidation of cyclooctatetraene in protic media. Solvent effects

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1671-1674

  Connors, Grayson ^a   Wu, Xin ^a   Fry, Albert J ^a  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34248362428     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070349s     Document Type: Article

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