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A theory of thermal isomerization rates
Author(s) -
Matsen F. A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
international journal of quantum chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-461X
pISSN - 0020-7608
DOI - 10.1002/qua.560140847
Subject(s) - isomerization , thermal , chemistry , computational chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , organic chemistry , catalysis
A theory of the rate of thermal isomerization based on the theory of radiationless transitions is presented. We discuss its relation to the Fermi golden rule and its application to the isomerization of butadiene to cyclobutene.