Photodissociation dynamics of propyne and allene: A view from ab initio calculations of the C3H(n) (n = 1-4) species and the isomerization mechanism for C3H2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 120, Issue 23, 1998, Pages 5751-5763

  Mebel, A M ^a   Jackson, W M ^a,b   Chang, A H H ^a   Lin, S H ^a,c,d  

^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)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE; ALLENE DERIVATIVE; HYDROGEN; PROPYNE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DISSOCIATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY; ISOMERISM; THEORY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0032540684     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9727169     Document Type: Article

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