Does the decomposition of peroxydicarbonates and diacyl peroxides proceed in a stepwise or concerted pathway?

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2448-2454

  Gu, Zhihui ^a   Wang, Yixuan ^a,b   Balbuena, Perla B ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEAVAGE MECHANISM; ENERGETIC ANALYSES; PEROXYDICARBONATE;

CHEMICAL BONDS; DECOMPOSITION; GEOMETRY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERIZATION;

CARBONATES;

EID: 33644901794     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp055472k     Document Type: Article

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