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π-Electronic Excitation and Ionization Energies of Condensed Ring Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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BIRKS, J., SLIFKIN, M. π-Electronic Excitation and Ionization Energies of Condensed Ring Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Nature 191, 761–764 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/191761b0

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