Unimolecular dissociation of anthracene and acridine cations: The importance of isomerization barriers for the C2H2 loss and HCN loss channels

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 135, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Johansson, H A B ^a   Zettergren, H ^a   Holm, A I S ^a   Haag, N ^a   Nielsen, S Brøndsted ^b   Wyer, J A ^b   Kirketerp, M B S ^b   Stochkel K ^b   Hvelplund, P ^b   Schmidt, H T ^a   Cederquist, H ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHYLENE; BIPHENYLENE; COLLISION INDUCED DISSOCIATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DISSOCIATION CHANNELS; DISSOCIATION ENERGIES; FRAGMENTATION PATHWAYS; ISOMERIZATION BARRIERS; LOW-ACTIVATION ENERGY; MASS SPECTRA; MULTI-STEP; PROTONATED; REACTION PATHWAYS; SUBSTANTIAL ENERGY; UNIMOLECULAR DISSOCIATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANTHRACENE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; EXPERIMENTS; ISOMERIZATION; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSITIVE IONS; PROTONATION;

DISSOCIATION;

EID: 80052403970     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3626792     Document Type: Article

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