N-centered radicals in self-terminating radical cyclizations: Experimental and computational studies

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1413-1421

  Wille, Uta ^a,b   Heuger, Gerold ^a,b   Jargstorff, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIZATION; KETONES; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

BICYCLIC KETONES; OXIDATIVE TERMINATION; RADICAL CYCLIZATIONS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AMIDE; AMINE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; RADICAL;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AMINES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYCLIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 39349104550     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo702261u     Document Type: Article

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