Carbene stabilization by aryl substituents. Is bigger better?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3763-3770

  Woodcock, H Lee ^a,b   Moran, Damian ^a,c   Brooks, Bernard R ^b   Schleyer, Paul V R ^a   Schaefer III, Henry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BOND LENGTH; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY GAP; EXCITED STATES;

ARENE; CARBENE; METHYLENE; TRIPLET STATES;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

ALLENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CARBENOID; NAPHTHALENE; PHENYL GROUP; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY;

HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 33947633367     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja068899t     Document Type: Article

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