Two-state model of antiaromaticity: The low lying singlet states

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 52, 1998, Pages 10843-10850

  Zilberg, Shmuel ^a   Haas, Yehuda ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0007935753     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9831029     Document Type: Article

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