Distortive properties of σ- and π-electrons and aromaticity: A semiempirical localized molecular orbital approach

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 39-52

  Moyano, Albert ^a   Paniagua, Juan Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Benzene; Cyclobutadiene; Electronic delocalization; Hexatriene; Localized molecular orbital

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011681032     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(96)04599-X     Document Type: Article

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