"Forbidden" four-center reactions: Molecular orbital considerations for N2 + N2 and N2 + N2+

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 101, Issue 44, 1997, Pages 8255-8263

  Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a,b   Hoffmann, Roald ^a   Levine, Raphael D ^a,c  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; IONIZATION OF GASES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NITROGEN; REACTION KINETICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MOLECULAR ORBITALS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031250168     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp971005u     Document Type: Article

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