Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 2000, 65, 673-694
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc20000673

Sterically Crowded Hexaalkyl Benzene-1,2,3,4,5,6-hexakis[α-(alkoxycarbonyl)propanoates]. Synthesis and Conformation Analysis

Daniel Alexandera, Stanislav Böhmb, Ivana Císařovác, Petr Holýa, Jaroslav Podlahac, Miroslav Šloufc and Jiří Závadaa,*

a Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 166 10 Prague, Czech Republic
b Department of Organic Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague, Czech Republic
c Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, 128 40 Prague, Czech Republic

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