On the planarity of styrene and its derivatives: The molecular structures of styrene and (Z)-β-bromostyrene as determined by ab initio calculations and gas-phase electron diffraction

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0022-2860(97)00071-9

The molecular structures of styrene and (Z)-β-bromostyrene have been studied in the gas phase at nozzle temperatures of 303 and 338 K respectively. For both molecules the electron diffraction data were consistent with the results from ab initio calculatio