Ab Initio Calculations of the Relative Strengths of the π Bonds in Acetylene and Ethylene and of Their Effect on the Relative Energies of π-Bond Addition Reactions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 1991, Pages 6750-6755

  Nicolaides, Athanassios ^a   Borden, Weston Thatcher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0000254920     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja00018a005     Document Type: Article

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