Cyclopent[bc]acenaphthylene: A putative intermediate on the pathway for thermal cyclodehydrogenation of phenanthrene

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 260-273

  Necula, Atena ^a   Scott, Lawrence T ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aryl radicals; Carbene; Flash vacuum pyrolysis (FVP); PAH; Reaction mechanism

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; DEHYDROGENATION; PYROLYSIS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

ACENAPHTHYLENE; ARYL RADICAL; CARBENES; CYCLODEHYDROGENATION; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSE; FLASH VACUUM PYROLYSIS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; PYRACYLENE; REACTION MECHANISM; THERMAL;

ATOMS;

EID: 78649367843     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2010.524851     Document Type: Article

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