Multiphoton infrared initiated thermal reactions of esters: Pseudopericyclic eight-centered cis-elimination

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-537

  Ji, Hua ^a   Li, Li ^a,b   Xu, Xiaolian ^a,c   Ham, Sihyun ^a,d   Hammad, Loubna A ^a,e   Birney, David M ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LEXICON PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; AROMATICITY; GASPHASE; HELIUM BUFFER GAS PRESSURE; MULTIPHOTON; PENTADIENE; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PSEUDOPERICYCLIC REACTION; PULSED CO; SECONDARY REACTIONS; SIGMATROPIC REARRANGEMENTS; THERMAL REACTIONS; TRANSITION STATE; TWO-STATE; UNIMOLECULAR REACTIONS;

ESTERIFICATION; GAS ABSORPTION; HELIUM; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES;

ESTERS;

3 PENTEN 2 YL ACETATE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER; HELIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFRARED RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PRESSURE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 67849115726     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja804812c     Document Type: Article

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