Quantum Chemical-QSPR Estimation of the Acidities and Basicities of Organic Compounds

Advances in Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-104

  Seybold, Paul G ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidity; Basicity; PKa; QSPR; Quantum chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864336880     PISSN: 00653276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396498-4.00015-6     Document Type: Chapter

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