Bond ellipticity as a measure of electron delocalization in structure and reactivity

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3576-3593

  López, Carlos Silva ^a   de Lera, Ángel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atoms in molecules; Electron density topology; Ellipticity; Qtaim

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; MOLECULES; ORGANOMETALLICS;

ATOMS IN MOLECULES; ATOMS-IN-MOLECULES ANALYSIS; BOND CRITICAL POINTS; DELOCALIZATIONS; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; ELECTRON-DENSITY TOPOLOGY; ELLIPTICITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; QTAIM; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION;

EID: 80054052132     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211797636228     Document Type: Article

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