The 1-D hindered rotor approximation

Theoretical Chemistry Accounts

Volumn 118, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 881-898

  Pfaendtner, Jim ^a   Yu, Xinrui ^a   Broadbelt, Linda J ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 36448948319     PISSN: 1432881X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00214-007-0376-5     Document Type: Article

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