Metalloaromaticity

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 105-122

  Feixas, Ferran ^a,b   Matito, Eduard ^c   Poater, Jordi ^c   Solà, Miquel ^c  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALL METAL; AROMATIC MOLECULES; AROMATICITIES; EFFICIENT CATALYSTS; ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION; ELECTRONIC DELOCALIZATION; METALLABENZENES; MOLECULAR ELECTRONIC DEVICE; MOLECULAR MAGNET; NEW SPECIES; ORGANIC MOLECULES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BENZENE; MOLECULES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

AROMATIZATION;

EID: 84873740811     PISSN: 17590876     EISSN: 17590884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcms.1115     Document Type: Review

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