The complex photo-rearrangement of a heterocyclic N-oxide: Kinetics from picoseconds to minutes

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 10-17

  Cordes, Thorben ^a   Regner, Nadja ^a   Heinz, Björn ^a   Borysova, Elina ^a   Ryseck, Gerald ^a   Gilch, Peter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femtosecond spectroscopy; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Heteroaromatic N oxides; IR spectroscopy; UV vis spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649372481     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.05.015     Document Type: Article

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