Solvent dependent photocyclization and photophysics of some 2-ethynylbiphenyls

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Karagiannis, Paul C ^a   Sajimon, Meledathu C ^a   Lovejoy, Katherine S ^a   Zuo, Xiaobing ^a   Rubin, Michael ^b   Gevorgyan, Vladimir ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYNYLBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; 2 PHENYLDIPHENYLACETYLENE; 3 VINYLBIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ACETYLENE DERIVATIVE; ALLENE DERIVATIVE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE; ISOPHENANTHRENE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTOCYCLIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744492339     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b601751g     Document Type: Article

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