The photochemical rearrangement pathways of imidazoles: A theoretical study

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1567-1574

  Su, Ming Der ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOMERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; IMIDAZOLES; PHOTOCHEMICAL TRANSFORMATIONS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33947394347     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp065308c     Document Type: Article

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