Vol. 68, 2003 Valerije Vrcˇ ek, Martin Saunders, and Olga Kronja*. Rearrangement Pathways of Five-Membered Ring Enlargement in Carbocations: Quantum Chemical Calculations and Deuterium Kinetic Isotope Effects.
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