Model studies of β-scission ring-opening reactions of cyclohexyloxy radicals: Application to thermal rearrangements of dispiro-1,2,4-trioxanes

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 5569-5572

  Erhardt, Stefan ^a   Macgregor, Stuart A ^a   McCullough, Kevin J ^a   Savill, Karen ^a   Taylor, Benjamin J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; FREE RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLIZATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

CYCLIZATION; CYCLOHEXANES; FREE RADICALS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38349173914     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol702534d     Document Type: Article

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