Ab initio study of the thermal isomerization of quadricyclane to norbornadiene

Journal of Molecular Structure: THEOCHEM

Volumn 728, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 67-70

  Qin, Changyong ^a   Zhao, Zhendong ^a   Davis, Steven R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Biradical; Isomerization; Transition state

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944456072     PISSN: 01661280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theochem.2005.04.036     Document Type: Article

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