Diagnosis of the σ-, π- and (σ+π)-Aromaticity by the shape of the nics zz-scan curves and symmetry-based selection rules

Symmetry

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 284-319

  Tsipis, Athanassios C ^a   Depastas, Ioannis G ^b   Tsipis, Constantinos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

, ,( + ) Aromaticity; Aromaticity; Delocalization; Density functional theory (DFT); NICS zz scan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955557115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20738994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/sym2010284     Document Type: Article

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