Isomerization of triphenylmethoxyl: The wieland free-radical rearrangement revisited a century later

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 49, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 5982-5985

  DiLabio, Gino A ^a   Ingold, K U ^a   Lin, Shuqiong ^a,b,c,d   Litwinienko, Grzegorz ^b   Mozenson, Olga ^a   Mulder, Peter ^c   Tidwell, Thomas T ^d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peroxide; Radical reactions; Reaction kinetics; Rearrangements

Indexed keywords

DFT CALCULATION; RADICAL REACTIONS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 77955576412     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201001008     Document Type: Article

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