How accurate are DFT treatments of organic energies?

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1851-1854

  Wodrich, Matthew D ^a   Corminboeuf, Clémence ^a   Schreiner, Peter R ^b   Fokin, Andrey A ^b   Von Schleyer, Paul Ragué ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 34249301333     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol070354w     Document Type: Article

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