A response to the critical comments on "one molecule, two atoms, three views, four bonds?"

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5926-5928

  Danovich, David ^a   Shaik, Sason ^a   Rzepa, Henry S ^b   Hoffmann, Roald ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

C2; chemical bonding; multiconfigurational systems; quadruple bond

Indexed keywords

C2; CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTATIONAL DATA; QUADRUPLE BONDS; THREE VIEWS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL BONDS;

EID: 84878403035     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201302350     Document Type: Article

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