Donor-acceptor triazenes: Synthesis, characterization, and study of their electronic and thermal properties

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 25, 2007, Pages 9407-9417

  Khramov, Dimitri M ^a   Bielawski, Christopher W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BENZIMIDAZOLIUM PRECURSORS; ELECTRON DEREALIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC CARBENES;

OLEFINS;

AZIDE; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; CARBENOID; GUANIDINE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TRIAZENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ELECTRONICS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE; STAUDINGER REACTION; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; THERMOSTABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ELECTRONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TEMPERATURE; TRIAZENES;

EID: 36849071933     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo070789x     Document Type: Article

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