Aromaticity of Benzenoid-Borazinoid Hybrids: Current Maps for Hetero-Graphenes

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 72-81

  Fowler, P W ^a   Gibson, C M ^a   Nightingale, E L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aromaticity; borazine; coronene; PAH; ring current

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

'CURRENT; AROMATICITIES; B3LYP/6-31G; BORAZINE; CORONENE; GRAPHENES; HYBRID CURRENTS; LOCALISED; OPTIMIZED STRUCTURES; RING CURRENTS;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 84872382801     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2012.740547     Document Type: Article

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