Conformers of saturated chains: Matrix isolation, structure, IR and UV spectra of n-Si4Me10

Chemistry - A European Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 529-538

  Albinsson, Bo ^a,c   Teramae, Hiroyuki ^b   Downing, John W ^a   Michl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Kashino Diverse Brain Research Laboratory of NTT Communication Science Laboratories   (Japan)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Conformation; Matrix isolation; Oligosilanes; Sigma conjugation

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; MATRIX ISOLATION; OLIGOSILANES; PHOTOCHEMICAL DESTRUCTION; SIGMA CONJUGATION; WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE;

CONFORMATIONS; DIHEDRAL ANGLE;

ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0013161014     PISSN: 09476539     EISSN: 15213765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chem.19960020512     Document Type: Article

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