R. B. Woodward, a great physical organic chemist

Journal of Physical Organic Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 708-721

  Seeman, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

ferrocene; James Flack Norris Award in Physical Organic Chemistry; Robert Burns Woodward; structure determination; superconductivity; total synthesis; Woodward Hoffmann rules

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMETALLICS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

FERROCENES; PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE DETERMINATION; TOTAL SYNTHESIS; WOODWARD; WOODWARD-HOFFMANN RULES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84906786670     PISSN: 08943230     EISSN: 10991395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/poc.3328     Document Type: Review

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