Experimental and DFT studies on competitive heterocyclic rearrangements. 3. A cascade isoxazole-1,2,4-oxadiazole-oxazole rearrangement

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 351-358

  Pace, Andrea ^a   Pierro, Paola ^a   Buscemi, Silvestre ^a   Vivona, Nicolò ^a   Barone, Giampaolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL DATUMS; DFT STUDIES; ISOXAZOLE; ISOXAZOLES; NEUTRAL CONDITIONS; NUCLEOPHILIC ATTACKS; OXADIAZOLE; OXADIAZOLES; OXAZOLE; OXAZOLES; REACTION TEMPERATURES; RING CONTRACTIONS; RING EXPANSIONS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

THERMAL EXPANSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLIZATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXAZOLES; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58149314192     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo802081k     Document Type: Article

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