Radical cations of non-alternant systems as probes of the Shaik-Pross VB configuration mixing model

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2

Volumn , Issue 3, 1997, Pages 463-472

  Eberson, Lennart ^a   González Luque, Remedios ^b   Merchán, Manuela ^b   Radner, Finn ^a   Roos, Björn O ^a   Shaik, Sason ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0343107934     PISSN: 03009580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a606702f     Document Type: Article

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