Do photochemical ring-openings occur in the spectroscopic state? 1B2 pathways for the cyclohexadiene/hexatriene photochemical interconversion

Journal of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 100, Issue 50, 1996, Pages 19364-19366

  Celani, Paolo ^a   Bernardi, Fernando ^b   Robb, Michael A ^a   Olivucci, Massimo ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 0343512912     PISSN: 00223654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp962206l     Document Type: Article

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