Ring Currents as Probes of the Aromaticity of Inorganic Monocycles (see abstract)

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 940-950

  De Proft, Frank ^a   Fowler, Patrick W ^b   Havenith, Remco W A ^b   Schleyer, Paul Von Ragué ^c   Van Lier, Gregory ^a   Geerlings, Paul ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Density functional calculations; Inorganic monocycles; Nucleus independent chemical shifts; Ring currents

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

CHEMICAL SHIFTS; INORGANIC MONOCYCLES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

ARSENIC; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SELENIUM; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 1542379152     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200305291     Document Type: Article

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