Thermochemistry of tetrazete and tetraazatetrahedrane: A high-level computational study

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1569-1577

  Glukhovtsev, Mikhail N ^a,b   Laiter, Sergei ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0000722937     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp952026w     Document Type: Article

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