Conformations of ethylbenzene (CH3-CH2-Ph). An ab initio study

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 367, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 25-31

  Farkas, Ödön ^a,b,c   Salpietro, Salvatore J ^c,d   Császár, Pál ^c,e   Csizmadia, Imre G ^a,c  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d St Patrick Secondary School   (Canada)

^e Apotex Research Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculation; Benzene ring; Benzylfluoride; Conformational analysis; Ethylbenzene; Planarity; Stabilization; Toluene

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002953210     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(96)04578-2     Document Type: Article

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