Thermochemistry of benzvalene, dihydrobenzvalene, and cubane: A high-level computational study

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 101, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 3400-3403

  Wang, Hai ^a,b   Law, Chung K ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 0012608076     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp963847j     Document Type: Article

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