Aromatic stabilization energy calculations for the antiaromatic fluorenyl cation. Issues in the choice of reference systems for positively charged species

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 8492-8496

  Herndon, William C ^a   Mills, Nancy S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POSITIVE IONS; STABILIZATION; STRAIN;

AROMATIC STABILIZATION ENERGY (ASE); DESTABILIZATION; FLUORENYL CATIONS; HOMODESMOTIC REACTION SYSTEMS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CATION; FLUORENE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 26844501142     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo051289b     Document Type: Article

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