Demonstration of the facile reversibility of fulvene formation

Tetrahedron

Volumn 67, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 4364-4370

  Bandar, Jeffrey S ^a   Coscia, Rockford W ^a   Lambert, Tristan H ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclopentadienes; Fulvene metathesis; Fulvenes; Retro Knoevenagel; Transfulvenation

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPENTADIENE DERIVATIVE; FULVENE; IMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINOLYSIS; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; FACILE REVERSIBILITY; MOLECULAR PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79957463651     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2011.03.094     Document Type: Article

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