An assessment of the performance of high-level theoretical procedures in the computation of the heats of formation of small open-shell molecules

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 106, Issue 34, 2002, Pages 7927-7936

  Henry, David J ^a   Parkinson, Christopher J ^a   Radom, Leo ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MEAN ABSOLUTE DEVIATIONS (MAD);

CHEMICAL BONDS; EXTRAPOLATION; THERMOANALYSIS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037194948     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0260752     Document Type: Article

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