Retro-Diels-Alder reaction of 4H-1,2-benzoxazines to generate o-quinone methides: Involvement of highly polarized transition states

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 10088-10095

  Sugimoto, Hiromichi ^a   Nakamura, Satoshi ^a,b   Ohwada, Tomohiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RETRO-DIELS-ALDER REACTION; TRANSITION STATES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BENZENE; BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; CHROMAN DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HALOGEN; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON; ELECTRONICS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; POLARIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

BENZOXAZINES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; INDOLEQUINONES; KINETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 37549050595     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo702246w     Document Type: Article

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