Transition state structure and energetics of the N2O + X (X = Cl,Br) reactions

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 706-711

  Lesar, Antonija ^a   Hodošček, Milan ^b  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSITION STATE STRUCTURES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0036589113     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0102665     Document Type: Article

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