s-Indacene, a quasi-delocalized molecule with mixed aromatic and anti- aromatic character

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 1999, Pages 23-28

  Nendel, Maja ^a   Goldfuss, Bernd ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Hafner, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Inst fur Org Chem der Tech U   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aromatic stabilization energy; Density functional theory; NICS; s Indacene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; INDACENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033515371     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-1280(98)00421-7     Document Type: Article

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