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Position matters: competing O-H and N-H photodissociation pathways in hydroxy- and methoxy-substituted indoles

Thomas A A Oliver1, Graeme A King, Michael N R Ashfold

  • 1School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK BS8 1TS.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics : PCCP
|July 15, 2011
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