A Perspective on Physical Organic Chemistry

Overview

Journal J Org Chem

Publisher American Chemical Society

Specialty Chemistry

Date 2014 Feb 28

PMID 24571434

Citations 6

Authors

Matthew S Platz

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Abstract

A perspective on the development of mechanistic carbene chemistry is presented. The author will point out questions that have been answered, and a next generation of questions will be proposed.

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