Tetramethyleneethane (TME) diradical: Experiment and density functional theory reach an agreement

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 103, Issue 44, 1999, Pages 8885-8889

  Filatov, Michael ^a   Shaik, Sason ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0001264216     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9920489     Document Type: Article

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