The measurement and meaning of intrinsic radical stability: Are chemical questions just problems in applied mathematics?

Australian Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 163-167

  Coote, Michelle L ^a,c   Dickerson, Adam B ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Australian Research Council

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CHEMICAL QUESTIONS; INTRINSIC RADICAL STABILITY; MOLECULAR BEHAVIOR;

FREE RADICALS;

EID: 41149144286     PISSN: 00049425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/CH07339     Document Type: Article

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