The ultrafast pathway of photon-induced electrocyclic ring-opening reactions: The case of 1,3-cyclohexadiene

Annual Review of Physical Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2011, Pages 19-39

  Deb, Sanghamitra ^a   Weber, Peter M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conical intersection; femtosecond dynamics; orbital symmetry; photochemical interconversion

Indexed keywords

GROUND STATE; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

CONICAL INTERSECTION; CYCLOHEXADIENES; ELECTROCYCLIC RINGS; FEMTOSECOND DYNAMICS; INTERCONVERSIONS; ORBITAL SYMMETRIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL INTERCONVERSION; PHOTOCHEMICALS; RING OPENING REACTION; ULTRA-FAST;

MOLECULES;

EID: 79953744530     PISSN: 0066426X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physchem.012809.103350     Document Type: Article

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