Is the elimination of lithium alkoxide easier from a vinyllithium or from an alkyllithium? A DFT study of the aromatization of 3-vinylidene-2,3- dihydrobenzofurans to benzofurans

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 5, 2009, Pages 721-729

  Fressigné, Catherine ^a,b   Girard, Anne Lise ^a   Durandetti, Muriel ^a   Maddaluno, Jacques ^a  

^a IRCOF   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Acetals; Aromatization; Density functional calculations; Elimination; Lithium; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849090741     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200800828     Document Type: Article

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