The curtius rearrangement of some organic azides: A DFT mechanistic study

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1058-1069

  Kakkar, Rita ^a   Zaidi, Sheza ^a   Grover, Rajni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Concerted mechanism; Curtius reaction; Isocyanic acid; NBO; Nitrene mechanism

Indexed keywords

CONCERTED MECHANISM; CURTIUS REACTION; ISOCYANIC ACID; NBO; NITRENE MECHANISM;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ISOMERIZATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ISOMERS;

EID: 63849246615     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: 1097461X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.21911     Document Type: Article

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