Gas phase Lewis acidity and basicity scales for boranes, phosphines and amines based on the formation of donor-acceptor complexes

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1011, Issue , 2013, Pages 44-56

  Méndez, Mariano ^a   Cedillo, Andrés ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical reactivity; Fukui function; Imaginary harmonic frequencies; Lewis acid base adducts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875079584     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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