Evidence for a Grotthuss-like mechanism in the formation of the rhamnose alkoxy radical based on periodic DFT calculations

Radiation Research

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-18

  Pauwels, Ewald ^a   Declerck, Reinout ^a   Van Speybroeck, Veronique ^a   Waroquier, Michel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA LEVO RHAMNOSE; HYDROXYL GROUP; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MONOSACCHARIDE; PROTON; RHAMNOSE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALKOXY RADICAL; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYDROGEN BOND; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY;

ALCOHOLS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BONDING; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN; PROTONS; RHAMNOSE;

EID: 39049089015     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR1039.1     Document Type: Article

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