A simple and intuitive description of C-H bond energies

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 34, 2007, Pages 5717-5725

  Stanger, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

C H bond dissociation energies; DFT calculations; Hybridization; NBO analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 36848998796     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: 10990690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.200700419     Document Type: Article

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