CH2 + CO2 → CH2O + CO, one-step oxygen atom abstraction or addition/fragmentation via α-lactone?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 32, 2001, Pages 7579-7587

  Kovacs, Dalila ^a   Jackson, James E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRAGMENTATIONS; SPIN STATE;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ADDITION REACTIONS; ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOMERIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; OXYGEN; POTENTIAL ENERGY;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 0035899124     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp003510o     Document Type: Article

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