Growth of polyaromatic molecules via ion-molecule reactions: An experimental and theoretical mechanistic study

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 133, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Ascenzi, Daniela ^a   Aysina, Julia ^a   Tosi, Paolo ^a   Maranzana, Andrea ^b   Tonachini, Glauco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE CROSS SECTIONS; BUILDING BLOCKES; C-C COUPLING REACTIONS; CENTER OF MASS; COLLISION ENERGIES; COVALENTLY BOUND; CROSS SECTION; CROSS-SECTION VALUES; ELECTRON IMPACT; ELECTROPHILES; ELECTROPHILIC ADDITIONS; EXOTHERMICITY; HYDROCARBON GROWTH; ION-MOLECULE REACTION; IONIC PRODUCTS; IONIZED GAS; ISOTOPIC LABELING; MECHANISTIC STUDIES; METHYL RADICAL; NEUTRAL FRAGMENTS; PHENYL RINGS; PHENYLNAPHTHALENE; POLYAROMATIC MOLECULES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATICS; PROTONATED; RADICAL CATIONS; RATE CONSTANT K; RING OPENING; SINGLE-COLLISION; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT; UNIMOLECULAR;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BENZENE; CHEMICAL BONDS; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; ION BEAMS; ION SOURCES; IONIZATION OF GASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULES; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; RATE CONSTANTS;

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUANTUM THEORY; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 78449306549     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3505553     Document Type: Article

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