Bond alternation and aromatic character in cyclic polyenes: Assessment of theoretical methods for computing the structures and energies of bismethano[14]annulenes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 7191-7198

  Nendel, Maja ^a,b   Houk, K N ^a   Tolbert, L M ^b   Vogel, Emanuel ^c   Jiao, Haijun ^d   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0000676487     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9820976     Document Type: Article

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