Norrish type II photochemical reaction of an aryl ketone on a monolayer-protected gold nanocluster. Development of a probe of conformational mobility

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Volumn 2, Issue 21, 2000, Pages 3381-3384

  Kell, Arnold J ^a   Stringle, Donald L B ^a   Workentin, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0001167221     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol006487y     Document Type: Article

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