Diaminocarbenes; calculation of barriers to rotation about Ccarbene-N bonds, barriers to dimerization, proton affinities, and13C NMR shifts

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 103, Issue 50, 1999, Pages 11200-11211

  Alder, Roger W ^a   Blake, Michael E ^a   Oliva, Josep M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

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EID: 0348079661     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9934228     Document Type: Article

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