Synthesis and rearrangement of dewar benzenes into biaryls: Experimental evidence for conrotatory ring opening

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 1, 2008, Pages 47-51

  Janková, Štěpánka ^a   Dračínský, Martin ^b   Císařová, Ivana ^a   Kotora, Martin ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alkynes; Biaryls; Dewar benzene; Hammett; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049019013     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700916     Document Type: Article

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