Nonamethylcyclopentyl cation rearrangement mysteries solved

Organic Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1725-1727

  Tantillo, Dean J ^a   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84875958726     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: 15237052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol4005189     Document Type: Article

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