X-ray crystal structure study of sterically congested diphenyldiazomethanes

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 14, 2004, Pages 3004-3010

  Iikubo, Takashi ^a   Itoh, Tetsuji ^a   Hirai, Katsuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Yasutake ^a   Kawano, Masaki ^b   Ohashi, Yuji ^c   Tomioka, Hideo ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbenes; Diazo compounds; Steric hindrance; Structure activity relationships; Substituent effects

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CARBENOID; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 4544319069     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200400153     Document Type: Article

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