Comment on "Ring-breaking electron attachment to uracil: Following bond dissociations via evolving resonances" [J. Chem. Phys. 128, 174302 (2008)]

Carl Winstead; Vincent McKoy

doi:10.1063/1.2969818

Comment on "Ring-breaking electron attachment to uracil: Following bond dissociations via evolving resonances" [J. Chem. Phys. 128, 174302 (2008)]

J Chem Phys. 2008 Aug 21;129(7):077101. doi: 10.1063/1.2969818.

Authors

Carl Winstead¹, Vincent McKoy

Affiliation

¹ A. A. Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. carl@schwinger.caltech.edu

PMID: 19044807
DOI: 10.1063/1.2969818

Abstract

We point out that the assignment of pi(*) resonances to calculated features in a recent paper by Gianturco et al. [J. Chem. Phys.128, 174302 (2008)] cannot be correct.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Benzene / chemistry
Computer Simulation*
Electrons*
Models, Chemical*
Quantum Theory*
Uracil / chemistry*

Substances

Uracil
Benzene