Ab initio study of the C6-C7 conformation of retinal model systems

Chemistry Letters

Volumn , Issue 6, 1996, Pages 449-450

  Terstegen, Frank ^a   Buss, Volker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0030501627     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.1996.449     Document Type: Article

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