The different aromatic characters of some localized benzene derivatives

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 112, Issue 50, 2008, Pages 12849-12854

  Stanger, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITY; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; MODEL COMPOUNDS; RING CURRENTS;

BENZENE;

EID: 58149164887     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp801634x     Document Type: Article

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