Assessment of Gaussian-2 and density functional theories for the computation of enthalpies of formation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1063-1079

  Curtiss, Larry A ^a   Raghavachari, Krishnan ^b   Redfern, Paul C ^a   Pople, John A ^c  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000109748     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.473182     Document Type: Article

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