Localization and localizability in quantum organic chemistry: Localized orbitals and localization functions

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3555-3565

  Silvi, Bernard ^a   Reinhardt, Peter ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE THÉORIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Delocalization; Elf; Localization; Localized orbitals

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

DELOCALIZATIONS; ELF; LOCALISATION; LOCALIZABILITY; LOCALIZATION FUNCTIONS; LOCALIZATION TECHNIQUE; LOCALIZED ORBITALS; ORBITAL FUNCTIONS; ORBITALS; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 80054102422     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211797636174     Document Type: Review

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