What is aromaticity?

Pure and Applied Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-218

  Schleyer, Paul Von Ragué ^a   Jiao, Haijun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000379599     PISSN: 00334545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1351/pac199668020209     Document Type: Article

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