Effect of para substituants on the molecular and electronic structures of sterically congested triplet diphenylcarbenes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 103, Issue 46, 1999, Pages 9280-9284

  Hu, Yingmo ^a   Hirai, Katsuyuki ^a   Tomioka, Hideo ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001636589     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp991576h     Document Type: Article

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