The reaction of tricarbon with acetylene: An ab initio/RRKM study of the potential energy surface and product branching ratios

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 111, Issue 29, 2007, Pages 6704-6712

  Mebel, Alexander M ^a   Kim, Gap Sue ^b   Kislov, Vadim V ^a,c   Kaiser, Ralf I ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOLUTION CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRANCHING RATIOS; COMPLETE BASIS SET; DIDEHYDROVINYLIDENE; KEY INTERMEDIATES; STATISTICAL CALCULATIONS;

EXTRAPOLATION; ISOMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION RATES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ACETYLENE;

EID: 34547665083     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0690300     Document Type: Article

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