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Title: Helical Oligoenes: Conformations, Bond Alternation, and Competing Through-Bond and Through-Space Transmission
NSF-PAR ID:
10103521
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Chemistry - A European Journal
Volume:
22
Issue:
14
ISSN:
0947-6539
Page Range / eLocation ID:
p. 4878-4888
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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