Computational chemistry meets experiments for explaining the behavior of bibenzyl: A thermochemical and spectroscopic (infrared, Raman, and NMR) investigation

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 5586-5592

  Latouche, Camille ^a   Barone, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

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EID: 84916613771     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct500930b     Document Type: Article

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