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Title: A family of powerful halogen-bond donors: a structural and theoretical analysis of triply activated 3-iodo-1-phenylprop-2-yn-1-ones
Award ID(s):
2018414
PAR ID:
10475929
Author(s) / Creator(s):
; ;
Publisher / Repository:
Royal Society of Chemistry
Date Published:
Journal Name:
CrystEngComm
Volume:
24
Issue:
4
ISSN:
1466-8033
Page Range / eLocation ID:
738 to 742
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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