Aromaticity: Molecular-orbital picture of an intuitive concept

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6321-6328

  Pierrefixe, Simon C A H ^a   Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Benzene; Bond theory; Cyclobutadiene; Density functional calculations

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

AROMATICITY; BOND THEORY; CYCLOBUTADIENE;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 34547569699     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.200700206     Document Type: Article

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