DFT Calculations on the Effects of Para Substituents on the Energy Differences between Singlet and Triplet States of 2,2-Difluoro-1,3-diphenylcyclopentane-1,3-diyls

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 42, 2003, Pages 12823-12828

  Zhang, Daisy Y ^a   Hrovat, David A ^c   Abe, Manabu ^b   Borden, Weston Thatcher ^c  

^a SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; FLUORINE; GROUND STATE;

PARA SUBSTITUENTS;

PARAFFINS;

2,2 DIFLUORO 1,3 DIPHENYLCYCLOPENTANE 1,3 DIYL; CYCLOPENTANE DERIVATIVE; FLUORINE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0142061098     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0355067     Document Type: Article

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