On the strong ring currents in B20 and neighboring boron toroids

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 524-530

  Johansson, Mikael P ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATICITY; BORON CLUSTERS; DIAMAGNETIC CURRENTS; DOUBLE RINGS; MAGNETIC CRITERIONS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL METHODOLOGIES; RING CURRENTS;

BORON;

BORON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65249114153     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8087918     Document Type: Article

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