Structure, reactivity and aromaticity of acenes and their BN analogues: A density functional and electrostatic investigation

Inorganic Chemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2004, Pages 5824-5832

  Phukan, Ashwini Kumar ^a   Kalagi, Rashmi P ^b   Gadre, Shridhar R ^b   Jemmis, Eluvathingal D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BORAZINE; BORON DERIVATIVE; HYDROCARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NAPHTHACENE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644229234     PISSN: 00201669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ic049690o     Document Type: Article

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