The quinones of benzocyclobutadiene: A computational study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 113, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 9485-9500

  Golas, Ewa ^a   Lewars, Errol ^a   Liebman, Joel F ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CYCLOBUTADIENES; DIELS-ALDER; DIENOPHILES; DIRADICALS; HEATS OF FORMATION; HIGH ENERGY; IONIZATION ENERGIES; ISODESMIC; LOW ENERGIES; MP2/6-31G; RING OPENING REACTION; UV SPECTRUM;

BENZENE; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON AFFINITY; MOLECULAR GRAPHICS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

BUTADIENE;

BENZOCYCLOBUTADIENE; CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

CYCLOBUTANES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; QUINONES;

EID: 68949218843     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp902868h     Document Type: Article

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