A Kekulé-Crossing Model for the "Anomalous" Behavior of the b2u Modes of Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Lowest Excited 1B2u State

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 211-218

  Shaik, Sason ^a,b,c,d,e,h   Zilberg, Shmuel ^a,d,f,i   Haas, Yehuda ^a,g,i  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Hebrew University ^*

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h Molecular Dynamics   (United States)

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EID: 2542580391     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar950206i     Document Type: Article

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