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Title: High-Spin S = 3/2 Ground-State Aminyl Triradicals: Toward High-Spin Oligo-Aza Nanographenes
Award ID(s):
1955349 1665256
NSF-PAR ID:
10407545
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Chemical Society
Volume:
144
Issue:
42
ISSN:
0002-7863
Page Range / eLocation ID:
19576 to 19591
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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