A highly selective rearrangement of a housane-derived cation radical: An electrochemically mediated transformation

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4351-4357

  Young, Sam Park ^a   Wang, Selina C ^b   Tantillo, Dean J ^b   Little, R Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC VOLTAMMOGRAM; CYCLOPENTADIENES; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; HYDROGEN SHIFTS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; POSITIVE IONS; REGIOSELECTIVITY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

FREE RADICALS;

2 BENZYLOXYMETHYLHOUSANE; CATION; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; OXIDIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; POTENTIOMETRY; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 34250184636     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070190x     Document Type: Article

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