Reassessment of the thermodynamic, kinetic, and spectroscopic features of cyanomethanimine derivatives: A full anharmonic perturbative treatment

Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1165-1171

  Vazart, Fanny ^a   Calderini, Danilo ^a   Skouteris, Dimitrios ^a   Latouche, Camille ^a   Barone, Vincenzo ^a  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMINE; METHYLENEIMINE;

CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; KINETICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

IMINES; KINETICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; THERMODYNAMICS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84924375364     PISSN: 15499618     EISSN: 15499626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ct501147a     Document Type: Article

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