Ab initio study of the mechanism for the thermal decomposition of the phenoxy radical

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 9314-9322

  Liu, Ruifeng ^a   Morokuma, Keiji ^a   Mebel, Alexander M ^a   Lin, M C ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; BICYCLIC INTERMEDIATES; BOND CLEAVAGE; PHENOXY RADICALS; REACTION MECHANISM;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0030134159     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp953566w     Document Type: Article

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