Cyclotrimerization of corannulyne: Steric hindrance tunes the inversion barriers of corannulene bowls

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 33, 2011, Pages 6636-6639

  Yanney, Michael ^a   Fronczek, Frank R ^b   Henry, William P ^a   Beard, Debbie J ^a   Sygula, Andrzej ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arynes; Bowl to bowl inversion; Corannulenes; Cyclotrimerization

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855144779     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101374     Document Type: Article

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