The Cope rearrangement-the first born of a great family

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 172-190

  Graulich, Nicole ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ANALOGOUS REACTIONS; COPE REARRANGEMENT; ELECTROCYCLIC REACTIONS; PERICYCLIC REACTION; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL METHODS; THERMAL REARRANGEMENT; TRANSITION STRUCTURES;

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS;

REACTION INTERMEDIATES;

EID: 84863490778     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.17     Document Type: Article

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