Properties of tetramethyleneethane (TME) as revealed by ion chemistry and ion photoelectron spectroscopy

Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin Transactions 2

Volumn , Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1015-1022

  Clifford, Eileen P ^a   Wenthold, Paul G ^a   Lineberger, W Carl ^a   Ellison, G Barney ^a   Wang, Cun X ^b   Grabowski, Joseph J ^b   Vila, Fernando ^b   Jordan, Kenneth D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 0000945903     PISSN: 03009580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a707322d     Document Type: Article

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