Four-Electron Three-Center Bonding: One-Electron and Concerted Two-Electron Delocalizations into Bonding and Antibonding Molecular Orbitals

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 103, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 4293-4297

  Harcourt, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 0001691807     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9900988     Document Type: Article

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