Novel isomers of hexasulfur: Prediction of a stable prism isomer and implications for the thermal reactivity of elemental sulfur

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5899-5907

  Wong, Ming Wah ^a   Steudel, Yana ^b   Steudel, Ralf ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENTHALPY; FREQUENCIES; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; POLYMERIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRISMS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELECTRONIC ABSORPTION; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; NOVEL ISOMERS; POTENTIAL ENERGY HYPERSURFACE;

SULFUR;

EID: 5544280109     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1785143     Document Type: Article

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