Valence bond analysis of the lone pair bond weakening effect for the X-H bonds in the series XHn = CH4, NH3, OH2, FH

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 6463-6468

  Lauvergnat, David ^a   Maître, Philippe ^a   Hiberty, Philippe C ^a   Volatron, François ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 0001374414     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9523635     Document Type: Article

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