A reinvestigation of singlet benzyne thermochemistry predicted by CASPT2, coupled-cluster and density functional calculations

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 277, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 311-320

  Cramer, Christopher J ^a   Nash, John J ^b   Squires, Robert R ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031563676     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2614(97)00855-5     Document Type: Article

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