C - Cl bond rupture in ultraviolet photodissociation of vinyl chloride

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 101, Issue 42, 1997, Pages 7754-7764

  Tonokura, Kenichi ^a,b   Daniels, Lizla B ^a,c   Suzuki, Toshinori ^a   Yamashita, Koichi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRONIC RELAXATION; PHOTOFRAGMENT ION IMAGING; TRANSLATIONAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTODISSOCIATION; VINYL CHLORIDE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0031248083     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp971595w     Document Type: Article

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