Electronic structure of trigonal-planar transition-metal - Imido complexes: Spin-state energetics, spin-density profiles, and the remarkable performance of the OLYP functional

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 689-702

  Conradie, Jeanet ^a,b   Ghosh, Abhik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

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EID: 34548264707     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct600337j     Document Type: Article

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