Force fields for 'ultrafast' photochemistry: The S2 (1B(u)) → S1 (2A(g)) → S0 (1A(g)) reaction path for all-trans-hexa-1,3,5-triene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 47, 1997, Pages 11487-11494

  Garavelli, Marco ^a   Celani, Paolo ^b   Bernardi, Fernando ^a   Robb, Michael A ^b   Olivucci, Massinio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXA 1,3,5 TRIENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COVALENT BOND; FORCE TRANSDUCER; HYPOTHESIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0031587445     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja971280u     Document Type: Review

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