Can metallapyrimidines be aromatic? A computational study into a new class of metallacycles

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4950-4959

  Psciuk, Brian T ^a   Lord, Richard L ^a   Winter, Charles H ^a   Schlegel, H Bernhard ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84870955271     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct3006979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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