The cathodic behaviour of poly(alkyl) and (aryl) sulfones revisited. Mechanistic and theoretical approaches

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4846-4850

  Bergamini, Jean Francois ^a   Hapiot, Philippe ^a   Lagrost, Corinne ^a   Preda, Loredana ^b   Simonet, Jacques ^a   Volanschi, Elena ^a  

^a Chimie et Photonique Moleculaires Rennes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALKYL GROUP; ANION; AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RADICAL; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVALUATION; KINETICS; PARAMETER; REACTION ANALYSIS; REDUCTION; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0242659937     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b308091a     Document Type: Article

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