Rotamers of o- and m-dimethoxybenzenes studied by mass-analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy and theoretical calculations

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 114, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 11144-11152

  Yang, Shih Chang ^a,b   Huang, Ssu Wei ^a   Tzeng, Wen Bih ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIABATIC IONIZATION ENERGIES; DIMETHOXYBENZENE; IN-PLANE; IONIZATION PROCESS; ISOMERIC SPECIES; MASS ANALYZED THRESHOLD IONIZATION SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR PROPERTIES; ROTAMERS; STABLE CONFIGURATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; TWO-COLOR RESONANT TWO-PHOTON;

ISOMERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOEXCITATION; PHOTOIONIZATION; POSITIVE IONS;

VIBRATION ANALYSIS;

1,3 DIMETHOXYBENZENE; 1,3-DIMETHOXYBENZENE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; VERATROLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ANISOLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 77958470947     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: 15205215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp1026652     Document Type: Article

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