Rotational barriers in alkanes

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 164-171

  Mo, Yirong ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPERCONJUGATION EFFECTS; HYPERCONJUGATIVE INTERACTIONS; LOCALIZED ORBITALS; NATURAL BOND ORBITAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; ROTATIONAL BARRIERS; STAGGERED STRUCTURES; VALENCE BOND THEORY;

CHEMICAL BONDS; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 84859572671     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.22     Document Type: Article

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