Transient amino-hydrazino-carbenes: A radical pathway for intramolecular 1,2-migration reactions

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 6, 2007, Pages 912-917

  Cattoën, Xavier ^a,b   Gornitzka, Heinz ^a   Tham, Fook S ^b   Miqueu, Karinne ^c   Bourissou, Didier ^a   Bertrand, Guy ^b  

^a UMR 5069) 118 route de Narbonne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

Author keywords

1,2 Migration; Carbenes; DFT calculations; Radical process

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250688791     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200600901     Document Type: Article

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