Origin of trans-bent geometries in maximally bonded transition metal and main group molecules

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 7335-7345

  Landis, Clark R ^a   Weinhold, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLYBDENUM; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TUNGSTEN;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DATA; RESONANCE STRUCTURES; TORSIONAL BARRIERS; UNINTUITIVE STRUCTURES;

TRANSITION METALS;

TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GEOMETRY; HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744930113     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja060992u     Document Type: Article

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