A perspective distilled from seventy years of research

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4897-4917

  Roberts, John D ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURY; BENZYNE; CALTECH; CARBOCATION; CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION REACTION; ELECTRICAL EFFECTS; GRIGNARD REAGENT; H BASIS; INSTRUMENTAL TOOLS; MO THEORY; PERSONAL MENTORING; PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; RING COMPOUNDS; TRACER STUDY; WORLD WAR II;

CYCLOADDITION; ETHYLENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

RESEARCH;

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CATION; FLUORINE; NITROGEN 15;

CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAREER; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; HALOGENATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC; CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; EDUCATION, GRADUATE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; INFRARED RAYS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RESEARCH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67650377030     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo900641t     Document Type: Review

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