A 'hot' perspective on symmetry breaking and vibronic coupling in cis-1,3,5-hexatriene [17]

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 30, 2000, Pages 7418-7419

  Rijkenberg, R Arjan ^a   Bebelaar, Dick ^a   Buma, Wybren Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYENE;

CHEMICAL BOND; LETTER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034596346     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja000864k     Document Type: Letter

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