Contribution of Theoretical Chemistry to an Understanding of Electronic Substituent Effects

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1983, Pages 292-298

  Topsom, Ronald D ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33845549905     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar00092a005     Document Type: Article

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