Indole-H2O in the gas phase. Structures, barriers to internal motion, and S1 ← S0 transition moment orientation. Solvent reorganization in the electronically excited state

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 102, Issue 37, 1998, Pages 7211-7216

  Korter, Timothy M ^a   Pratt, David W ^a   Küpper, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 0001107851     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp982456x     Document Type: Article

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