Molecular structure and benzene ring deformation of three ethynylbenzenes from gas-phase electron diffraction and quantum chemical calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 110, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2045-2052

  Campanelli, Anna Rita ^a   Arcadi, Antonio ^b   Domenicano, Aldo ^b   Ramondo, Fabio ^b   Hargittai, István ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY;

BENZENE RING DEFORMATION; ETHYLBENZENE; GAS-PHASE;

BENZENE;

EID: 33644772776     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp058174w     Document Type: Article

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