Modern molecular mechanics and ab initio calculations on benzylic and cyclic delocalized cations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 45, 1998, Pages 8953-8963

  Reindl, Bernd ^a   Clark, Timothy ^b   Schleyer, Paul V R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0001269609     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp981406p     Document Type: Article

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