Nitro-nitrite isomerization and transition state switching in the dissociation of ionized nitromethane: A threshold photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy study

European Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-166

  Ferrier, Brandon ^a   Boulanger, Anne Marie ^a   Holland, David M P ^b   Shaw, David A ^b   Mayer, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational chemistry; Ion dissociation; Isomerization; Methylnitrite ion; Nitromethane ion; Threshold photoelectron photoion coincidence spectroscopy; Variational transition state theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349187615     PISSN: 14690667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1255/ejms.943     Document Type: Article

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