Torsional barriers and equilibrium angle of biphenyl: Reconciling theory with experiment

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1460-1471

  Johansson, Mikael P ^a,b   Olsen, Jeppe ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 55349123003     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct800182e     Document Type: Article

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