Empirical force field and ab initio calculations on allyl cations

Journal of Computational Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 533-551

  Reindl, Bernd ^a   Clark, Timothy ^a   Schleyer, Paul V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 0011243452     PISSN: 01928651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-987X(199703)18:4<533::AID-JCC7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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