Toward a more complete understanding of noncovalent interactions involving aromatic rings

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 118, Issue 32, 2014, Pages 6133-6147

  Wheeler, Steven E ^a   Bloom, Jacob W G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC FIELDS;

BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; CHARGE-DIPOLE INTERACTION; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS; ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS; NON-COVALENT INTERACTION; STACKING INTERACTION; SUBSTITUTED BENZENES;

IONS;

BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHITE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

BENZENE; GRAPHITE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOTUBES, CARBON; QUANTUM THEORY; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84906246280     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504415p     Document Type: Article

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