Study of the chemistry of ortho- and para-biphenylnitrenes by laser flash photolysis and time-resolved IR experiments and by B3LYP and CASPT2 calculations

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 31, 2003, Pages 9343-9358

  Tsao, Meng Lin ^a   Gritsan, Nina ^b   James, Tammi R ^a   Platz, Matthew S ^a   Hrovat, David A ^c   Borden, Weston Thatcher ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOVOSIBIRSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTOLYSIS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION;

LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS (LFP);

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS;

2 BIPHENYLNITRENE; 3 METHYLPENTANE; 4 BIPHENYLNITRENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CARBAZOLE DERIVATIVE; HEXAMETHYLENEIMINE DERIVATIVE; PENTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LASER FLASH PHOTOLYSIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0042703203     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0351591     Document Type: Article

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