Isolation of the phenyl cation in a solid argon matrix

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2014-2016

  Winkler, Michael ^a   Sander, Wolfram ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Carbocations; Density functional calculations; Matrix isolation; Reactive intermediates

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CATION; PHENYL GROUP;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034596075     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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