Experimental and theoretical studies of the unimolecular decomposition of nitrosobenzene: High-pressure rate constants and the C-N bond strength

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 101, Issue 34, 1997, Pages 6043-6047

  Park, J ^b   Dyakov, I V ^b   Mebel, A M ^a,b   Lin, M C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BINDING ENERGY; BOND STRENGTH (CHEMICAL); CHEMICAL BONDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PYROLYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION KINETICS;

GAUSSIAN METHOD; NITROSOBENZENE; RAPID REVERSE REACTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031207832     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp9712258     Document Type: Article

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