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View ArticleThe V state of ethylene: valence bond theory takes up the challenge
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View ArticleDiamond: Electronic Ground State of Carbon at Temperatures Approaching 0 K
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View ArticleProbing Isomers of the Benzene Dication in a Low-Temperature Trap
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Barua, S. R.; Quanz, H.; Olbrich, M.; Schreiner, P. R.; Trauner, D.; Allen, W. D. Chem. Eur. J. 2014, 20, 1638-1645Contributed by Steven Bachrach.Reposted from Computational Organic Chemistry with...
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