Gas-phase spectroscopy of the unstable acetonitrile N-oxide molecule, CH3CNO

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1244-1253

  Pasinszki, Tibor ^a   Westwood, Nicholas P C ^b  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIMERIZATION; DIMERS; GROUND STATE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

CYANATE; DIMETHYLFUROXAN; ELECTRON CORRELATION; FULMINATE; GAS PHASE SPECTROSCOPY; ISOCYANATE; MIDINFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOIONIZATION MASS SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETONITRILE;

EID: 0035280510     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp002851z     Document Type: Article

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