Conformer-specific photoisomerizaton of some 2-vinylbiphenyls

Photochemical and Photobiological Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1059-1066

  Lewis, Frederick D ^a   Zuo, Xiaobing ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 VINYLBIPHENYL; 8A,9 DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE; 9,10 DIHYDROPHENANTHRENE; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; CYCLIZATION; ISOMERIZATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 4344691463     PISSN: 1474905X     EISSN: 14749092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b305831j     Document Type: Article

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