Cyanomethylene formation from the reaction of excited nitrogen atoms with acetylene: A crossed beam and ab initio study

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 122, Issue 18, 2000, Pages 4443-4450

  Balucani, N ^a   Alagia, M ^a,d   Cartechini, L ^a   Casavecchia, P ^a   Volpi, G G ^a   Sato, K ^b,e   Takayanagi, T ^c   Kurosaki, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d INFM   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; NITROGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANION EXCHANGE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL REACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034630889     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja993448c     Document Type: Article

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