Critical comments on "one molecule, two atoms, three views, four bonds?"

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 5922-5925

  Frenking, Gernot ^a   Hermann, Markus ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

chemical bonding; QTAIM; quadruple bond; stability of molecules

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDINGS; CHEMICAL RESEARCH; QTAIM; QUADRUPLE BONDS; STABILITY OF MOLECULES; SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY; THREE VIEWS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY;

MOLECULES;

EID: 84878404233     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301485     Document Type: Article

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