Mechanism for intramolecular proton transfer involving hypericin

Dyes and Pigments

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-21

  Zhang, Hong Yu ^a   Chen, De Zhan ^a  

^a SHANDONG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Dipole moment; Hypericin; Intramolecular proton transfer; Transition state

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOCIATION; GROUND STATE; PROTONS;

HYPERICIN; INTRAMOLECULAR PROTON TRANSFER;

PIGMENTS;

EID: 0034225931     PISSN: 01437208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-7208(00)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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