Clar formulas: How to draw and how not to draw formulas of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 83-89

  Balaban, Alexandru T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Clar structures; Polycyclic aromatic compounds

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION;

CLAR STRUCTURE; INSCRIBED CIRCLES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ROBINSON; SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIELS ALDER REACTION; ISOMERISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 3042557800     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630490424124     Document Type: Review

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