A quantum chemical investigation of structures, vibrational spectra and electron affinities of the radicals of quinone model compounds

Photosynthesis Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 253-259

  Nonella, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1,4 naphthoquinone; 2 methoxy 1,4 benzoquinone; Density Functional Theory; Normal Coordinate Analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031825807     PISSN: 01668595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005935720437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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