150 years of organic structures

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1044, Issue , 2010, Pages 35-57

  Lewis, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

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MOLECULAR GRAPHICS;

BONDING AFFINITY; MODERN STRUCTURAL THEORY; ORGANIC STRUCTURES; PHYSICAL MEANINGS; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 79953856347     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2010-1044.ch004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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