On the oxenoid character of alkylperoxy anions and their lithium compounds: A combined mass-spectrometric and theoretical investigation

Chemische Berichte

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1085-1097

  Schalley, Christoph A ^a,b,c   Schröder, Detlef ^a,b,c   Schwarz, Helmut ^a,b,c   Möbus, Konrad ^a,b,c   Boche, Gernot ^a,b,c  

^a Inst Anorganische und Analyt Chem   (Germany)

^b Inst Org Chemie der Technischen   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Density functional theory ; Kinetic energy release; Mass spectrometry ; Oxenoids ; Peroxides

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012855572     PISSN: 00092940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cber.19971300810     Document Type: Article

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