From quinoidal to diradical structure in substituted n-para-xylylene (n = 1, 2, 3) molecules. A Heisenberg Hamiltonian study

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 199-206

  Guihery, Nathalie ^a   Maynau, Daniel ^a   Malrieu, Jean Paul ^a  

^a European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility   (France)

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EID: 0030580647     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(95)01294-X     Document Type: Article

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