Using ab initio MO calculations to understand the photodissociation dynamics of CH2CCH2 and CH2C2

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 101, Issue 36, 1997, Pages 6638-6646

  Jackson, W M ^a,b   Mebel, A M ^a   Lin, S H ^a,c,d   Lee, Y T ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

ALLENE; MOLECULAR ORBITAL; PHOTODISSOCIATION; VINYLIDENECARBENE;

HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0031552918     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp970597d     Document Type: Article

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