Ultrafast study of 9-diazofluorene: Direct observation of the first two singlet states of fluorenylidene

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 13683-13690

  Wang, Jin ^a   Kubicki, Jacek ^a,b   Hilinski, Edwin F ^c   Mecklenburg, Sandra L ^c   Gustafson, Terry L ^a   Platz, Matthew S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; CYCLOHEXANE; HALOGENATION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLVENTS; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

DIAZO COMPOUND; TRIPLET FLUORENYLIDENE; ULTRAFAST PHOTOLYSIS; ULTRAFAST STUDY;

AMINO ACIDS;

ACETONITRILE; AZO COMPOUND; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBENE; CYCLOHEXANE; DIAZONIUM COMPOUND; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; HEXAFLUOROBENZENE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; HALOGENATION; PHOTOLYSIS; REACTION ANALYSIS;

EID: 35948937718     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja074612w     Document Type: Article

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