Measuring aromaticity by NMR

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1301-1315

  Mitchell, Reginald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITY;

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035353539     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr990359+     Document Type: Review

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