Are antiaromatic rings stacked face-to-face aromatic?

Organic Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3263-3266

  Corminboeuf, Clémence ^a   Von Ragué Schleyer, Paul ^a   Warner, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548162137     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol071183y     Document Type: Article

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