Covalency in highly polar bonds. Structure and bonding of methylalkalimetal oligomers (CH3M)n (M = Li-Rb; n = 1, 4)

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 965-980

  Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a   Solà, Miquel ^b   Guerra, Célia Fonseca ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33845889241     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct050333s     Document Type: Article

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