Cyclooctatetraene computational photo- and thermal chemistry: A reactivity model for conjugated hydrocarbons

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 46, 2002, Pages 13770-13789

  Garavelli, Marco ^a   Bernardi, Fernando ^a   Cembran, Alessandro ^a   Castaño, Obis ^b   Frutos, Luis Manuel ^b   Merchán, Manuela ^c   Olivucci, Massimo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Molecular   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THERMAL CHEMISTRY;

CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL RELAXATION; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS;

HYDROCARBONS;

CYCLOOCTA 1,3,5,7 TETRAENE; HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; ENERGY; EXCITATION; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037146062     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja020741v     Document Type: Article

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