Thermochemical assessment of the aromatic and antiaromatic characters of the cyclopropenyl cation, cyclopropenyl anion, and cyclopropenyl radical: A high-level computational study

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 45, 1996, Pages 17801-17806

  Glukhovtsev, Mikhail N ^a,d   Laiter, Sergei ^b   Pross, Addy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0011628207     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp961882k     Document Type: Article

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