Mechanistic studies on the photochromism of [e]-annelated dimethyldihydropyrenes

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-112

  Sheepwash, Molina A L ^a   Ward, Timothy R ^a   Wang, Yunxia ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Subhajit ^a   Mitchell, Reginald H ^a   Bohne, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLDIHYDROPYRENE; PYRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; RING OPENING; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0038561203     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b208952a     Document Type: Article

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