A new proposal for the estimation of the aromatic character

Letters in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 277-282

  D'Auria, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromaticity; DFT calculations.; Molecular orbitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879773116     PISSN: 15701786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570178611310040009     Document Type: Article

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