Ground- and excited-state reactions of norbornene and isomers: A CASSCF study and comparison with femtosecond experiments

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 5772-5786

  Wilsey, Sarah ^a   Houk, K N ^a   Zewail, A H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORBORNENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL REACTION; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0033597608     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja983480r     Document Type: Article

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