Ab initio MCSCF study on electronically excited singlet states of fulvalene systems: Energy component analysis of the pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 33, 1998, Pages 6668-6675

  Toyota, Azumao ^a   Koseki, Shiro ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 11744295381     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp980567q     Document Type: Article

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