Unimolecular photochemistry of 4-thiouracils

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1205-1211

  Khvorostov, Artem ^a   Lapinski, Leszek ^a   Rostkowska, Hanna ^a   Nowak, Maciej J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIMETHYL 4 THIOURACIL; 1,3-DIMETHYL-4-THIOURACIL; 4 THIOURACIL; 4-THIOURACIL; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; THIOURACIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

AZA COMPOUNDS; ISOMERISM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; THIOURACIL;

EID: 27544438167     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1562/2005-05-19-RA-534     Document Type: Article

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