The annular tautomerism of imidazoles and pyrazoles: The possible existence of nonaromatic forms

Structural Chemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 439-444

  Alkorta, Ibon ^a   Elguero, José ^a   Liebman, Joel F ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA MÉDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; DFT calculations; Imidazoles; Pyrazoles; Tautomerism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750448670     PISSN: 10400400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11224-006-9065-6     Document Type: Article

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