On the mechanism of peripentacene formation from pentacene: Computational studies of a prototype for graphene formation from smaller acenes

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 6536-6546

  Northrop, Brian H ^a   Norton, Joseph E ^a   Houk, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER; DIHYDROPENTACENE (DHP); PERIPENTACENE; TEMPERATURE VACUUM SUBLIMATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROGEN; REACTION KINETICS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

ACENE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTACENE; PERIPENTACENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOM; AUTOCATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; PREDICTION; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VACUUM; VACUUM SUBLIMATION;

EID: 34249100349     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja070392a     Document Type: Article

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