Mechanism of efficient firefly bioluminescence via adiabatic transition state and seam of sloped conical intersection

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 12880-12881

  Lung, Wa Chung ^a   Hayashi, Shigehiko ^b   Lundberg, Marcus ^a   Nakatsu, Toru ^b   Kato, Hiroaki ^b   Morokuma, Keiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC TRANSITIONS; BOND CLEAVAGES; CAS-SCF; CONICAL INTERSECTION; ELECTRONIC EXCITED STATE; GASPHASE; MINIMUM ENERGY; MOLECULAR LEVELS; REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION PATHWAYS; SLOPED CONICAL INTERSECTION; THERMAL GENERATION;

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXCITED STATES; LIGHT EMISSION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOSPHORESCENCE; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

1,2 DIOXETANE; 1,2-DIOXETANE; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFERIN; OXYLUCIFERIN; PYRAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; FIREFLIES; FIREFLY LUCIFERIN; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INDOLES; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PYRAZINES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 58149169038     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8052464     Document Type: Article

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