A density functional study of substituent effects on the O-H and O-CH3 bond dissociation energies in phenol and anisole

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 7904-7910

  Wu, Yun Dong ^a   Lai, David K W ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 0000134806     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo960069i     Document Type: Article

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