From molecular vibrations to bonding, chemical reactions, and reaction mechanism

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 1524-1560

  Cremer, Dieter ^a   Kraka, Elfi ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiabatic internal Coordinate mode (AICoM); Bond strength; Cal X methods; Chemical bond; Reaction path; Reaction path curvature; Unified reaction valley approach (URVA); Vibrational frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952616639     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527210793563233     Document Type: Article

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