Structure, spectroscopy, and spectral tuning of the gas-phase retinal chromophore: The β-ionone "Handle" and alkyl group effect

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 109, Issue 29, 2005, Pages 6597-6605

  Cembran, Alessandro ^a,e   González Luque, Remedios ^d   Altoè, Piero ^a   Merchán, Manuela ^d   Bernardi, Fernando ^a   Olivucci, Massimo ^b,c   Garavelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c Centro per lo Studio dei Sistemi Complessi   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS-PHASE RETINAL CHROMOPHORES; PHOTOPRODUCTS; SPECTRAL TUNING; SPECTROSCOPIC EFFECTS;

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; FLUORESCENCE; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIGMENTS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CHROMOPHORES;

BETA IONONE; BETA-IONONE; NORISOPRENOID;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GAS; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROXYLATION; RETINA; SPECTROSCOPY; STEREOISOMERISM; VIBRATION;

ALKYLATION; GASES; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROXYLATION; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NORISOPRENOIDS; RETINA; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEREOISOMERISM; VIBRATION;

EID: 23844453429     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp052068c     Document Type: Article

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