π- and σ-diazo radical cations: Electronic and molecular structure of a chemical chameleon

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 30, 1999, Pages 7011-7019

  Bally, Thomas ^a   Carra, Claudio ^a   Matzinger, Stephan ^a   Truttmann, Leo ^a   Gerson, Fabian ^b   Schmidlin, Reto ^b   Platz, Matthew S ^c   Admasu, Atnaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 DIAZO 10,11 DIHYDRO 5H DIBENZO[A,D]CYCLOHEPTENE; 9 DIAZO 9,10 DIHYDRO 10,10 DIMETHYLANTHRACENE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; DIPHENYLDIAZOMETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IONIZATION; OXIDATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033523272     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9903328     Document Type: Article

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