High-level ab initio calculations on the energetics of low-lying spin states of biologically relevant transition metal complexes: A first progress report

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 113-124

  Ghosh, Abhik ^a,b   Taylor, Peter R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; IRON COMPLEX; LIGAND; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; METAL COMPLEX; METHANE MONOOXYGENASE; NICKEL; PORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW;

EID: 0037305747     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(02)00023-6     Document Type: Review

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