Why pentaphosphole, P5H, is planar in contrast to phosphole, (CH)4PH

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 32, 1996, Pages 13447-13454

  Glukhovtsev, Mikhail N ^a,b   Dransfeld, Alk ^b   Von Schleyer, Paul R ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 33749268466     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9600827     Document Type: Article

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