A stunning example for a spontaneous reaction with a complex mechanism: The vinylidene-acetylene cycloaddition reaction

Molecular Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 19-20, 2010, Pages 2667-2685

  Kraka, Elfi ^a   Joo, Hyun ^a,b   Cremer, Dieter ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

hidden transition state and hidden intermediate; reaction mechanism; reaction path curvature; reaction phases; unified reaction valley approach; vinylidene acetylene addition

Indexed keywords

REACTION MECHANISM; REACTION PATHS; REACTION PHASIS; TRANSITION STATE; UNIFIED REACTION VALLEY APPROACH; VINYLIDENE-ACETYLENE ADDITION;

ACETYLENE; CYCLOADDITION; LANDFORMS; LIGHTING; QUANTUM THEORY; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ADDITION REACTIONS;

EID: 78449308336     PISSN: 00268976     EISSN: 13623028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00268976.2010.519730     Document Type: Conference Paper

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