Direct observation of resonance motion in complex elimination reactions: Femtosecond coherent dynamics in reduced space

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1680-1682

  Kötting, Carsten ^a   Diau, Eric W G ^a   Baldwin, John E ^a,b   Zewail, Ahmed H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); DIBROMOPROPANE; ELIMINATION REACTIONS; RYDBERG STATES;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROPANE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035868983     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0041499     Document Type: Article

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