Excited-state double proton transfer of 7-azaindole dimers in a low-temperature organic glass

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 766-771

  Lim, Hyeongtaek ^a   Park, Sun Young ^a   Jang, Du Jeon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

7 AZAINDOLE DIMER; 7-AZAINDOLE DIMER; ALKANE; DODECANE; GLASS; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; N-DODECANE; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLD; DIMERIZATION; HYDROGEN BOND; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ALKANES; BASE PAIRING; COLD TEMPERATURE; DIMERIZATION; GLASS; HYDROGEN BONDING; INDOLES; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PROTONS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 79960561225     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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