Percycloalkylated cyclohexanes: attempted synthesis of a trispropellane

Tetrahedron

Volumn 65, Issue 27, 2009, Pages 5192-5198

  Justus, Karl ^a   Beck, Tobias ^a   Noltemeyer, Mathias ^a   Fitjer, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular mechanics; Polycyclic systems; Polyspiranes; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 66149116030     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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