The mechanism of the acid-catalyzed benzidine rearrangement of hydrazobenzene: A theoretical study

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2326-2333

  Ghigo, Giovanni ^a   Osella, Silvio ^a   Maranzana, Andrea ^a   Tonachini, Glauco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Radical ions; Reaction mechanisms; Reactive intermediates; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953689344     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201001636     Document Type: Article

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