Electronic structure of the 1,3,5-tridehydrobenzene triradical in its ground and excited states

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 9614-9622

  Slipchenko, Lyudmila V ^a   Krylov, Anna I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FREQUENCIES; GROUND STATE; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

EXCITED STATE; JAHN TELLER DISTORTION; PHOTOELECTRON; TRIDENHYDROBENZENE TRIRADICAL;

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EID: 0037665251     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1569845     Document Type: Article

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