Conical intersection mechanism for photochemical ring opening in benzospiropyran compounds

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 44, 1997, Pages 10815-10820

  Celani, Paolo ^a   Bernardi, Fernando ^b   Olivucci, Massimo ^b   Robb, Michael A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYRAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0030727107     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9717323     Document Type: Article

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