Conical intersections in the photoisomerization and photodissociation of a chiral fluoroethylene derivative ((4-methylcyclohexylidene) fluoromethane)

Chemical Physics Letters

Volumn 443, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 43-48

  Zilberg, Shmuel ^a   Cogan, Semyon ^a   Haas, Yehuda ^a   Deeb, Omar ^b   González, Leticia ^c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHIRAL FLUOROETHYLENE DERIVATIVES; CONICAL INTERSECTIONS; ELECTRONIC EXCITATION; FLUOROMETHANE;

ETHYLENE; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

METHANE;

EID: 34447290654     PISSN: 00092614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2007.06.072     Document Type: Article

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