Resolution of concerted versus sequential mechanisms in photo-induced double-proton transfer reaction in 7-azaindole H-bonded dimer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 96, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 8338-8343

  Catalán, Javier ^a   Del Valle, Juan Carlos ^a   Kasha, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base pairs; Photo tautomerism

Indexed keywords

DIMER; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COVALENT BOND; DIPOLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIZATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033587730     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.15.8338     Document Type: Article

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