Why are nitrenes more stable than carbenes? An ab initio study

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 3499-3503

  Kemnitz, Carl R ^a   Karney, William L ^b   Borden, Weston Thatcher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DISSOCIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032522109     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja973935x     Document Type: Article

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