Effects of ring-strain on the ultrafast photochemistry of cyclic ketones
Min-Hsien Kao, Ravi Kumar Venkatraman, Michael N. R. Ashfold, Andrew J. Orr‐Ewing
Abstract
-state energy barrier. Transient infra-red absorption spectra obtained after UV excitation identify ring-opened ketene photoproducts of cyclobutanone and their timescales for formation.
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