Reply to the "comment on 'the concept of protobranching and its many paradigm shifting implications for energy evaluations'"

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3737-3740

  Von Schleyer, Paul Ragué ^a   McKee, W Chad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 77949431731     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp909910f     Document Type: Note

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