The triplet potential energy surface of s-frans-2,4-hexadiene. A comparison of theory and experiment

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 15, 2001, Pages 3934-3939

  Saltiel, Jack ^a   Dmitrenko, Olga ^b   Reischl, Wolfgang ^c   Bach, Robert D ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOISOMERIZATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACE (PES);

ISOMERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035912420     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp003904f     Document Type: Article

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