Electron fluctuation in pericyclic and pseudopericyclic reactions

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 111-113

  Matito, Eduard ^a   Poater, Jordi ^b   Duran, Miquel ^a   Solà, Miquel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Electrocyclic reactions; Electron localization function; Pericyclic reactions; Transition states

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES;

ELECTROCYCLIC REACTIONS; ELECTRON DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON FLUCTUATION; ELECTRON LOCALIZATION FUNCTION; PERICYCLIC REACTION; PSEUDOPERICYCLIC REACTION; TRANSITION STATE;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 31144465084     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200500446     Document Type: Article

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