Understanding rotation about a C=C double bond

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1329-1333

  Barrows, Susan E ^a   Eberlein, Thomas H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DOUBLE BOND; PYRAMIDALIZATION; TWIST ANGLES;

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 24144453601     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1329     Document Type: Article

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