A Comparison of the ab Initio Calculated and Experimental Conformational Energies of Alkylcyclohexanes

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 661-667

  Freeman, Fillmore ^a   Tsegai, Zufan M ^a   Kasner, Marc L ^b   Hehre, Warren J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wavefunction Inc   (United States)

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EID: 0000694892     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p661     Document Type: Article

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