Valence bond descriptions of benzene and cyclobutadiene and their counterparts with localized bonds

International Journal of Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 566-574

  Dijkstra, Fokke ^a,b   Van Lenthe, Joop H ^a   Havenith, Remco W A ^a   Jenneskens, Leonardus W ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Benzene; Cyclobutadiene; Cyclohexatriene; Valence bond

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; RESONANCE;

VALENCE BONDS;

BENZENE;

EID: 0037419934     PISSN: 00207608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qua.10529     Document Type: Review

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