Evidence for vinylidene production in the photodissociation of the allyl radical

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1875-1880

  Chen, Chao ^a   Braams, Bastiaan ^a   Lee, David Y ^b   Bowman, Joel M ^a   Houston, Paul L ^b   Stranges, Domenico ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL RADICALS; HYDROCARBON COMBUSTION; HYDROGEN SHIFTS; TRANSLATIONAL ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HYDROCARBONS; PHOTODISSOCIATION;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS;

EID: 77953744109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz100638v     Document Type: Article

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