Gas-phase experiments aimed at probing the existence of the elusive water oxide molecule

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1235-1242

  Schröder, Detlef ^a,d   Schalley, Christoph A ^a   Goldberg, Norman ^b   Hrǔsák, Jan ^c   Schwarz, Helmut ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^d Inst Molec Sci M   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computer chemistry; Electron transfer; Hydrogen peroxide; Mass spectrometry; Water oxide

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CHARGE REVERSAL; COLLISIONAL ACTIVATION; COMPUTER CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GAS-PHASE EXPERIMENTS; NEUTRALIZATION REIONIZATION; RADICAL CATIONS;

FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; PEROXIDES; POSITIVE IONS;

EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 0000685601     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19960021009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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