Femtosecond dynamics of Norrish type-II reactions: Nonconcerted hydrogen-transfer and diradical intermediacy

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 260-263

  De Feyter, Steven ^a   Diau, Eric W G ^a   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density functional calculations; Diradicals; Femtochemistry; Hydrogen transfer; Norfish reactions

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; 2 HEXANONE; ALKANONE; HYDROGEN; RADICAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; ENTROPY; HYDROGEN BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROTON TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034598544     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-3773(20000103)39:1<260::AID-ANIE260>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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