Ab initio highly correlated conformational analysis of 1,2-difluorethane and 1,2-dichloroethane

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 728-739

  Franco, Mauro L ^a,b   Ferreira, Dalva E C ^a   Dos Santos, Hélio F ^c   De Almeida, Wagner B ^a  

^a Belo Horizonte   (Brazil)

^b Campus I   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora Campus Universitário   (Brazil)

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EID: 55649116016     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct800014w     Document Type: Article

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