CATALYSIS OF CIS-TRANS ISOMERIZATION BY PARAMAGNETIC SUBSTANCES

Abstract

The spin of paramagnetic substances appeared to be the cause of mixing of the singlet-ground-state and excited-triplet-state wave functions during twisting of the molecule about a double bond. The mixing appeared responsible for cis-trans isomerization via the triplet state which is believed to have a lower energy at 90 deg twist than the singlet state.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 1952
Accession Number
AD0009907

Entities

People

  • Hardon Mcconnell

Organizations

  • University of Chicago

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atoms
  • Carbon Carbon Composites
  • Catalysis
  • Catalysts
  • Ground State
  • Illinois
  • Isomerization
  • Quantum Properties
  • Spin-Orbit Interaction
  • Wave Functions

Fields of Study

  • Chemistry
  • Physics

Readers

  • Chemistry (specifically Chemical Fluorescence)
  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.