Intramolecular hydrogen bonds. methodologies and strategies for their strength evaluation

Hydrogen Bonding - New Insights

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 51-107

  Buemi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anharmonicity; basis set effect; calculation methods; calculation strategies; Hydrogen bond

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962439402     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-4853-1_2     Document Type: Chapter

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