H-bonded N-heterocyclic base-pair phototautomerizational potential barrier and mechanism: The 7-azaindole dimer

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 419-422

  Catalan J ^a   Perez P ^a   Del Valle, J C ^a   De Paz, J L G ^a   Kasha, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AZAINDOLE; DIMER; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CALCULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; HYDROGEN BOND; KINETICS; LOW TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 18844479856     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0306721101     Document Type: Article

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