The Woodward-Hoffmann rules reinterpreted by conceptual density functional theory

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 683-695

  Geerlings, Paul ^a   Ayers, Paul W ^b   Toro Labbé, Alejandro ^c   Chattaraj, Pratim K ^d   De Proft, Frank ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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EID: 84861142090     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar200192t     Document Type: Article

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