A singlet aryl-CF3 carbene: 2-benzothienyl(trifluoromethyl) carbene and interconversion with a strained cyclic allene

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3177-3180

  Wang, Jian ^a   Sheridan, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKADIENE; ALLENE; CARBENE; DIAZOMETHANE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORINATED HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AFFINITY LABELING; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

AFFINITY LABELS; ALKADIENES; DIAZOMETHANE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

EID: 34547957083     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071290s     Document Type: Article

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