Convenient access to bicyclic and tricyclic diazenes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 9479-9481

  Taber, Douglass F ^a   Guo, Pengfei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; KETONES; PROPANE; TOLUENE;

ALKENYL; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; DIAZENE; DIAZENES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ALKENYL GROUP; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTANE; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; DIAMIDE; TOLUENESULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; DIAZENE; IMIDE; KETONE; TETRALIN DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ACYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOADDITION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES;

ALDEHYDES; CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CYCLIZATION; CYCLOPENTANES; IMIDES; KETONES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; TETRALONES; TOLUENE;

EID: 57449084348     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo8017704     Document Type: Article

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