Gas-phase molecular structure of decachlorocorannulene, C20Cl10. An electron-diffraction study augmented by ab initio, DFT, and normal coordinate calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-417

  Samdal, Svein ^a,b   Hedberg, Lise ^a   Hedberg, Kenneth ^a   Richardson, Alan D ^a   Bancu, Mihail ^c   Scott, Lawrence T ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHLORINATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; HEATING; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; MOLECULES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DECACHLOROCORANNULENE; GAS-PHASE ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GAS-PHASE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; NORMAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL CALCULATIONS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0037461645     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp022266t     Document Type: Article

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