Angle strain and conjugation in conformations of heptafulvenes

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 964, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 40-48

  Aumüller, Ingo B ^a   Yli Kauhaluoma, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculation; Conformational analysis; Conjugation; Fulvene; Strained molecule

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953223578     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2010.11.035     Document Type: Article

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