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cyclic complexes based on calix[4]arene and its 8·BF4 . shifted -4.34 eV
HOMO-2 HOMO-1
shifted +1.49 eV
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5. Acknowledgements
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Figure: MEP on the electron density isosurface (0.01 u.a.).
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Color scale shown in Hartree.
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