Synthesis and structure of m-terphenyl thio-, seleno-, and telluroethers

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8363-8371

  Zakai, Uzma I ^a   Błoch Mechkour, Anna ^b   Jacobsen, Neil E ^a   Abrell, Leif ^a   Lin, Guangxin ^a   Nichol, Gary S ^a   Bally, Thomas ^b   Glass, Richard S ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPISOMERISM; ATROPISOMERS; BENZYNE; CHALCOGENS; DISELENIDES; ELECTROPHILES; GRIGNARD REAGENT; INTERCONVERSIONS; SINGLE CRYSTAL X-RAY ANALYSIS; SYNTHETIC ROUTES; TE COMPOUNDS; TERPHENYLS; VARIABLE-TEMPERATURE NMR;

ISOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; ROTATION; SELENIUM; SULFUR; TELLURIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHALCOGEN; DIPHENYL DISELENIDE; ELECTROPHILE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GRIGNARD REAGENT; IODIDE; SELENIUM; SELENOAMINO ACID; SULFUR; TELLURIUM; TELLUROETHER; TERPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ISOMER; ISOMERISM; ISOMERIZATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78650379602     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: 15206904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo101299x     Document Type: Article

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