Rebuttal to the Bickelhaupt-Baerends case for steric repulsion causing the staggered conformation of ethane

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 4188-4194

  Weinhold, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformation analysis; Ethane; Hyperconjugation; NBO methods; Steric hindrance

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

STERIC REPULSION;

ETHANE;

ETHANE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONFORMATION; ELECTRON; STEREOSPECIFICITY; THEORY;

EID: 0141522603     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200351777     Document Type: Article

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