Aryl-aryl bond formation by flash vacuum pyrolysis of benzannulated thiopyrans

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 5119-5122

  Amick, Aaron W ^a   Wakamiya, Atsushi ^b   Scott, Lawrence T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; HYDROCARBONS; KETONES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PYROLYSIS; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIOPHENE; VACUUM;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); BOND FORMATIONS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DECARBONYLATION; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS; FLUORANTHENE (FL); FLUORENONE; GAS PHASE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SULFUR HETEROCYCLES; THIOXANTHENE; THIOXANTHONE;

CRACKING (CHEMICAL);

FLUORANTHENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; NITROGEN; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; THIOXANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 46849088195     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo800379x     Document Type: Article

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