A change from stepwise to concerted mechanism in the acid-catalysed benzidine rearrangement: A theoretical study

Tetrahedron

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2161-2165

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzidine rearrangement; DFT; Reaction

Indexed keywords

ACID; BENZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84857065138     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: 14645416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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