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A crossed molecular beams and computational study on the unusual reactivity of banana bonds of cyclopropane (c-C3H6; ) through insertion by ground state carbon atoms (C(3Pj))

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Ion–molecule reactions in the HBr+ + HCl (DCl) system: a combined experimental and theoretical study

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The Accuracy of Semi-Empirical Quantum Chemistry Methods on Soot Formation Simulation

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Exotic Reaction Dynamics in the Gas-Phase Preparation of Anthracene (C14H10) via Spiroaromatic Radical Transients in the Indenyl–Cyclopentadienyl Radical–Radical Reaction

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Ab initio molecular dynamics benchmarking study of machine-learned potential energy surfaces for the HBr+ + HCl reaction

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Reaction of propionitrile with methylidyne: A theoretical study

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The Potential Energy Profile of the HBr+ + HCl Bimolecular Collision

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Automated Exploration of Radical-molecule Chemistry: The Case of Oxirane + CH in the Interstellar Medium

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Gas-phase preparation of silylacetylene (SiH 3 CCH) through a counterintuitive ethynyl radical (C 2 H) insertion

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Competing Si2CH4–H2 and SiCH2–SiH4 Channels in the Bimolecular Reaction of Ground-State Atomic Carbon (C(3Pj)) with Disilane (Si2H6, X1A1g) under Single Collision Conditions

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Gas-Phase Preparation of 1-Germavinylidene (H2CGe; X1A1), the Isovalent Counterpart of Vinylidene (H2CC; X1A1), via Non-adiabatic Dynamics through the Elementary Reaction of Ground State Atomic Carbon (C; 3P) with Germane (GeH4; X1A1)

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Role of Acetylene in the Chemical Evolution of Carbon Complexity

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The Formation of Monosubstituted Cyclopropenylidene Derivatives in the Interstellar Medium via Neutral–Neutral Reaction Pathways

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Product Channels of the Reaction of Cyanoacetylene with Methylidyne

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Quantum mechanical calculation of parameters of compounds involved in the reaction of cyanoacetylene with methyl radical

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Recent advances in quantum fragmentation approaches to complex molecular and condensed‐phase systems

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