Structural and solvent effects on the mechanism of the thermal decarboxylation of 2-oxetanones. A limiting case between concerted and stepwise pathways in pericyclic reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 816-825

  Morao, Iñaki ^a   Lecea, Begoña ^a   Arrieta, Ana ^a   Cossío, Fernando P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE; OXETANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; REACTION ANALYSIS; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84961985040     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja962810+     Document Type: Article

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