Ultrafast spectroscopic study of the photochemistry and photophysics of arylhalodiazirines: Direct observation of carbene and zwitterion formation

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 128, Issue 51, 2006, Pages 16446-16447

  Wang, Jin ^a   Burdzinski, Gotard ^a,b   Kubicki, Jacek ^a,b   Platz, Matthew S ^a   Moss, Robert A ^c   Fu, Xiaolin ^c   Piotrowiak, Piotr ^d   Myahkostupov, Mykhaylo ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; AMPHOLYTE; AZIRINE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CYCLOHEXANE; FLUOROPHENYLDIAZIRINE; HALIDE; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CYCLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33845962306     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja067205d     Document Type: Article

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