Theoretical study on thermochemical parameters and pKa values for fluorinated isomers of toluene

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1011, Issue , 2013, Pages 21-29

  Zanganeh, Jafar ^a   Altarawneh, Mohammednoor ^a,b   Saraireh, Ibrahim ^b   Namazi, Samira ^c   Zanganeh, Javad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c Ferdowsi University of Mashhad   (Iran)

Author keywords

DFT; Energy of solvation; Pitzer Gwinn tables; PKa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874711741     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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