Carbocations

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-508

  Aue, Donald H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION MECHANISMS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; FUNDAMENTAL FACTORS; INTERPRETATION OF EXPERIMENTS; POLYNUCLEAR AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; STRUCTURAL INSIGHTS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

PHASE STABILITY;

EID: 84859565775     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.12     Document Type: Review

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