The resonance energy of benzene: A revisit

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5163-5169

  Mo, Yirong ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; BASIS SETS; CARBON-CARBON BOND; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CYCLOHEXATRIENE; ELECTRON ORBITAL; ELECTRONIC RESONANCE; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; GEOMETRY OPTIMIZATION; IN-LINE; LOCALIZED WAVE FUNCTIONS; MOLECULAR SYSTEMS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL RESONANCE; RESONANCE ENERGIES; RESONANCE STRUCTURE; VALENCE BONDS;

BENZENE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; SET THEORY;

RESONANCE;

EID: 65749084699     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp808941h     Document Type: Article

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