Computational studies of cyclobutadiene and benzocyclobutene fused to p- and o-quinone

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 2351-2356

  McKee, Michael L ^a   Balci, Metin ^b   Kilic, Hamdullah ^c   Yurtsever, Ersin ^d  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 0000233901     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp972966b     Document Type: Article

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