Triplet ground state derivative of aza- m -xylylene diradical with large singlet-triplet energy gap

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4750-4753

  Rajca, Andrzej ^a   Olankitwanit, Arnon ^a   Rajca, Suchada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRADICALS; ORGANIC MOLECULES; REACTIVE INTERMEDIATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLET STATE; SINGLET-TRIPLET ENERGY GAP; TIME-SCALES; TRIPLET STATE;

ENERGY GAP; LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SOLIDS;

GROUND STATE;

AZA M XYLYLENE; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SYNTHESIS;

AZA COMPOUNDS; FREE RADICALS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; XYLENES;

EID: 79953840388     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja200708b     Document Type: Article

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