Phenyl rotation in diphenylether and diphenylmethane calculated with ab initio methods

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 366, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 83-88

  Feigel, Martin ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculation; Conformational energy surface; Diphenylether; Diphenylmethane; Phenyl ring rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037598905     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0166-1280(96)04512-5     Document Type: Article

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