Möbius aromaticity and delocalization

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3697-3715

  Rzepa, Henry S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AROMATICITY; DELOCALIZATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NUCLEAR BANDS; RING BOND LENGTH VARIATION; RING DIHEDRAL TWISTING;

BAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 27744560565     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cr030092l     Document Type: Review

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