Photochemical C2-C6 cyclization of enyne-allenes: Detection of a fulvene triplet diradical in the laser flash photolysis

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2008, Pages 8815-8828

  Bucher, Götz ^a,c   Mahajan, Atul A ^b   Schmittel, Michael ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OXYGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUENCHING;

ALLENES; BENZANNULATION; CARBONYL GROUPS; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DFT COMPUTATIONS; DIRADICAL; FULVENE; LASER FLASHES; PRODUCT RATIOS; REACTION MECHANISMS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCES; TRIPLET QUENCHING;

CYCLIZATION;

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ALKADIENE; ALLENE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FULVENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANNULATION REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIELS ALDER REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; CHEMISTRY; LASER; STEREOISOMERISM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ALKADIENES; CARBON; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPENTANES; LASERS; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 56549110014     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo801689w     Document Type: Article

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