An evolved explanation for the molecular geometry and electronic structure of diphenyl-substituted cyclic trimethylenemethane in the ground state: A nearly planar conformation with a considerably localized electronic state

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3806-3813

  Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Namai, Hayato ^a   Taki, Hirotsugu ^a   Miyashi, Tsutomu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; MOLECULAR GEOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC CHARACTERISTICS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CYCLOPROPANE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLENEMETHANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DENSITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GEOMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744395229     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo047893o     Document Type: Article

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