Two sources of the decrease of aromaticity: Bond length alternation and bond elongation. Part I. An analysis based on benzene ring deformations

Tetrahedron

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 6205-6210

  Cyrański, Michal K ^a   Krygowski, Tadeusz M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Benzenes; Energy

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMOMETRIC ANALYSIS; COVALENT BOND; ENTHALPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033531988     PISSN: 00404020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4020(99)00264-1     Document Type: Article

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