Photophysics of trioxatriangulenium ion. Electrophilic reactivity in the ground state and excited singlet state

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 763-773

  Reynisson, Jóhannes ^a,d   Wilbrandt, Robert ^a,e   Brinck, Vibeke ^b   Laursen, Bo W ^b   Nørgaard, Kasper ^b   Harrit, Niels ^b   Brouwer, Albert M ^c  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Bornholms Amtsgymnasium   (Denmark)

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ACETONITRILE; ALCOHOL; CARBENOID; ETHER; HALIDE; SOLVENT; XANTHENE DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PHOSPHORESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMICAL QUENCHING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 0041408495     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b204954f     Document Type: Article

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