A multiconfigurational self-consistent field study of the thermal decomposition of methyl azide

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 551-561

  Arenas, Juan F ^a   Marcos, Juan I ^a   Otero, Juan C ^a   Sánchez Gálvez, Adelaida ^a   Soto, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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EID: 0000607003     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.479335     Document Type: Article

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