Initial hardness response and hardness profiles in the study of Woodward-Hoffmann rules for electrocyclizations

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 595-602

  De Proft, F ^a   Chattaraj, P K ^b   Ayers, P W ^c   Torrent Sucarrat, M ^a   Elango, M ^d   Subramanian, V ^d   Giri, S ^b   Geerlings, P ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRAL LEATHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

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EID: 44449092516     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct700289p     Document Type: Article

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