The C4H6.+ potential energy surface. 1. The ring-opening reaction of cyclobutene radical cation and related rearrangements

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 36, 1998, Pages 9323-9334

  Sastry, G Narahari ^a,c   Bally, Thomas ^a   Hrouda, Vojtech ^a,b   Cársky, Petr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTENE; METHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CATION TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ISOMERISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0032537953     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja981651m     Document Type: Article

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