Is kekulene really superaromatic?

Angewandte Chemie (International Edition in English)

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 2383-2386

  Jiao, Haijun ^a   Von Schleyer, Paul Ragué ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Aromaticity; Kekulene; Superaromaticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030445094     PISSN: 05700833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.199623831     Document Type: Article

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