Erratum: Stabilities of carbenes: Independent measures for singlets and triplets (Journal of the American Chemical Society (2011) 133 (3381-3389) DOI: 10.1021/ja1071493);Stabilities of carbenes: Independent measures for singlets and triplets

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3381-3389

  Gronert, Scott ^a   Keeffe, James R ^b   More O'Ferrall, Rory A ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; HYDROGENATION; STABILIZATION;

AROMATIC STABILIZATION ENERGIES; AROMATICITIES; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HETEROATOMS; IMIDAZOL; SINGLET-TRIPLET GAPS; STRUCTURAL FEATURE; WIDE ENERGY RANGE;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CARBENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY YIELD; ENTHALPY; HYDROGENATION; MOLECULAR STABILITY;

EID: 79952588842     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja204721f     Document Type: Erratum

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