π-Stacking, C-H/π, and halogen bonding interactions in bromobenzene and mixed bromobenzene-benzene clusters

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 117, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 13556-13563

  Reid, Scott A ^a   Nyambo, Silver ^a   Muzangwa, Lloyd ^a   Uhler, Brandon ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIS SET SUPERPOSITION ERRORS; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; FRANCK-CONDON ACTIVITIES; FRANCK-CONDON CALCULATIONS; MINIMUM-ENERGY STRUCTURES; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; TIME DEPENDENT DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

BENZENE; BINDING ENERGY; BROMINE; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; IONS; ISOMERS; MONOMERS;

DIMERS;

BENZENE; BROMINE; BROMOBENZENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZENE; BROMINE; BROMOBENZENES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890951257     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407544c     Document Type: Article

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