What is aromaticity: A critique of the concept of aromaticity - Can it really be defined?

Chemical Communications

Volumn , Issue 15, 2009, Pages 1939-1947

  Stanger, Amnon ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND;

AROMATICITY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRON; MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 63849335933     PISSN: 13597345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b816811c     Document Type: Article

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