The disilane chromophore: Photoelectron and electronic spectra of hexaalkyldisilanes and 1,(n+2)-disila[n.n.n]propellanes

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 107, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3559-3566

  Casher, Deborah L ^a   Tsuji, Hayato ^b   Sano, Atsushi ^b   Katkevics, Martins ^b,e   Toshimitsu, Akio ^b   Tamao, Kohei ^b   Kubota, Mari ^c   Kobayashi, Tsunetoshi ^c   Ottosson, C Henrik ^d   David, Donald E ^a   Michl, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e LATVIAN INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC SYNTHESIS   (Latvia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHROMOPHORES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LINEAR DICHROISM;

SILANES;

EID: 0037657917     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp027380q     Document Type: Article

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