Singlet stabilization of oxazole- and isoxazolenitrene-n-oxides by radical delocalization

Computational and Theoretical Chemistry

Volumn 1020, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-186

  Hossain, Ekram ^a   Wenthold, Paul G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic nitrenes; Coupled cluster calculations; Radical stabilization; Singlet triplet splittings; Spin flip

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883402999     PISSN: 2210271X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comptc.2013.07.028     Document Type: Article

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