Chemistry of styrene (water) n, clusters, n = 1-5: Spectroscopy and structure of the neutral clusters, deprotonation of styrene dimer cation, and implication to the inhibition of cationic polymerization

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 109, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4474-4483

  Mahmoud, H ^a   Germanenko, I N ^a   Wright, D ^a   El Shall, M S ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPROTONATION; PROTIC SOLVENTS; STYRENE POLYMERIZATION; TWO-PHOTON IONIZATION;

CATIONIC POLYMERIZATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIMERS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONS; RESONANCE; SOLVENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

STYRENE;

EID: 20344394681     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp050594y     Document Type: Article

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