Hexamethylbenzene-tetracyanoethylene electron transfer. Acceptor and donor energetics and electronic structure

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 42, 1996, Pages 16864-16873

  Juanos I Timoneda J ^a   Peters, Kevin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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EID: 0000221014     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp960517q     Document Type: Article

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