Theoretical study of classical isomers tropylium, azatropylium, phosphatropylium, and arsatropylium cations: Structure, properties and aromaticity

Main Group Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-154

  Ghiasi, Reza ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; Density functional theory; Hetero systems tropylium; Nucleus independent chemical shift; Tropylium cation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350156841     PISSN: 10241221     EISSN: 17451167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10241220802436271     Document Type: Article

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