Correlation between Electron Delocalization and Ring Currents in All Metallic “Aromatic” Compounds

Atoms, Molecules, and Clusters Structure, Reactivity, and Dynamics: Aromaticity and Metal Clusters

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 245-270

  Bultinck, Patrick ^a   Fias, Stijn ^a   Mandado, Marcos ^b   Ponec, Robert ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PROCESS FUNDAMENTALS   (Czech Republic)

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DOI: 10.1201/EBK1439813348-18     Document Type: Chapter

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