Basic questions in mass spectrometry

Spectra of diatomic molecules

1950 • 5,975 citations

The Activated Complex in Chemical Reactions

1935 • 5,261 citations

Molecular Spectra and Molecular Structure. I. Spectra of Diatomic Molecules

1951 • 3,793 citations

Theory of Unimolecular Reactions

1973 • 1,377 citations

Variational transition-state theory

1980 • 1,283 citations

Dynamics of Molecular Collisions

1976 • 1,149 citations

Statistics and Nuclear Reactions

1937 • 1,050 citations

Unimolecular Dissociations and Free Radical Recombination Reactions

1952 • 885 citations

The transition state method

1938 • 797 citations

Absolute Rate Theory for Isolated Systems and the Mass Spectra of Polyatomic Molecules

1952 • 761 citations

Specific Rate Constants of Unimolecular Processes II. Adiabatic Channel Model

1974 • 579 citations

Generalized transition state theory. Classical mechanical theory and applications to collinear reactions of hydrogen molecules

1979 • 477 citations

Quasiperiodic and Stochastic Behavior in Molecules

1981 • 465 citations

Unified statistical model for ’’complex’’ and ’’direct’’ reaction mechanisms

1976 • 334 citations

Reformulation of the quasiequilibrium theory of ionic fragmentation

1971 • 294 citations

Variational Theory of Chemical Reaction Rates Applied to Three-Body Recombinations

1960 • 288 citations

Collisions in a noncentral field: A variational and trajectory investigation of ion–dipole capture

1980 • 284 citations

Cyclohexane revisited: High pressure nuclear magnetic resonance rotating frame relaxation study of the dynamical solvent effects on the conformational isomerization of cyclohexane

1992 • 270 citations

Gas Phase Ion Chemistry

1979 • 266 citations

Do highly excited reactive polyatomic molecules behave ergodically?

1979 • 254 citations

Classical S Matrix for Linear Reactive Collisions of H+Cl2

1971 • 251 citations

Transition states, trapped trajectories, and classical bound states embedded in the continuum

1978 • 246 citations

Semiclassical calculations of vibrational energy levels for nonseparable systems using the Birkhoff–Gustavson normal form

1979 • 233 citations

Interpretation of Mass Spectra

1996 • 226 citations

Quantum ergodicity and vibrational relaxation in isolated molecules

1974 • 219 citations

Statistical phase space theory of polyatomic systems: Rigorous energy and angular momentum conservation in reactions involving symmetric polyatomic species

1977 • 213 citations

Theoretical treatment of quenching in O(1D) + N2 collisions

1975 • 196 citations

On the Statistical Mechanical Treatment of the Absolute Rate of Chemical Reaction

1938 • 195 citations

Importance of nonseparability in quantum mechanical transition-state theory

1976 • 184 citations

Multiple transition states in unimolecular reactions: A transition state switching model. Application to the C4H8 +⋅ system

1981 • 183 citations

On transition-state theory and the classical mechanics of collinear collisions

1973 • 180 citations

On the quantum mechanical implications of classical ergodicity

1979 • 171 citations

Theory of Unimolecular Reactions.

1960 • 160 citations

Kinetic energy distributions from unimolecular decay: Predictions of the Langevin model

1976 • 154 citations

On the theory of energy distributions of products of molecular beam reactions involving transient complexes

1975 • 148 citations

Classical transition state theory: A lower bound to the reaction probability

1980 • 143 citations

Quasi-Equilibrium Theory of Ionic Fragmentation: Further Considerations

1972 • 135 citations

Monte Carlo Calculations. VI. A Re-evaluation of the RRKM Theory of Unimolecular Reaction Rates

1968 • 133 citations

Anharmonicity in Unimolecular Reactions

1961 • 125 citations

Classical ion–molecule collision theory

1979 • 123 citations

A quantum ergodic theory approach to unimolecular fragmentation

1975 • 121 citations

A variational equations approach to the onset of statistical intramolecular energy transfer

1976 • 120 citations

Adiabatic Theory of Chemical Reactions

1970 • 114 citations

Threshold photoelectron–photoion coincidence mass spectrometric study of ethylene and ethylene-d4

1975 • 113 citations

Nonadiabatic Processes in Molecular Collisions

1976 • 111 citations

Predissociation of triatomic ions studied by photo-electron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy and photoion kinetic energy analysis

1972 • 108 citations

Photoionization of carbon dioxide

1973 • 107 citations

A nonstatistical unimolecular chemical reaction: isomerization of state-selected allyl isocyanide

1979 • 107 citations

Statistical phase space theory of polyatomic systems. Application to the unimolecular reactions C6H5CN.cntdot.+ .fwdarw. C6H4.cntdot.+ + HCN and C4H6.cntdot.+ .fwdarw. C3H3+ + .cntdot.CH3

1977 • 107 citations

Quantum ergodicity and vibrational relaxation in isolated molecules. II. λ-independent effects and relaxation to the asymptotic limit

1974 • 105 citations

Model studies of mode specificity in unimolecular reaction dynamics

1980 • 103 citations

The criterion of minimum state density in unimolecular rate theory. An application to ethane dissociation

1976 • 103 citations

Gaseous ions. 4. MINDO/3 calculations for some simple organic cations and for their hydrogen elimination reactions

1977 • 102 citations

Nonadiabatic interactions in unimolecular decay. V. Conical and Jahn–Teller intersections

1979 • 97 citations

Unimolecular decay paths of electronically excited species. II. The C2H+4 ion

1981 • 91 citations

Mode specificity in unimolecular reaction dynamics: The Henon–Heiles potential energy surface

1981 • 88 citations

Interpretation of photoionization thresholds:quasiequilibrium theory and the fragmentation of benzene

1973 • 84 citations

Exponentiating trajectories and statistical behavior in collinear atom–diatom collisions

1977 • 82 citations

Ion-polar molecular collisions: the average quadrupole orientation theory

1975 • 81 citations

On the Theory of Chemical-Reaction Cross Sections. I. A Statistical-Dynamical Model

1966 • 80 citations

Photoionization of CH3OH, CD3OH, and CH3OD: Dissociative ionization mechanisms and ionic structures

1978 • 79 citations

Accurate ab initio calculation of the BeH molecule. I. The X 2Σ+ and A 2Π states

1973 • 77 citations

Formation and predissociation of CO+2(? 2Σ+g)

1977 • 77 citations

Theoretical Critical Configuration for Ethane Decomposition and Methyl Radical Recombination

1972 • 75 citations

Trajectory studies of model H–C–C→H+C=C dissociation. I. Random vibrational excitation

1980 • 72 citations

Statistical Theory of Kinetic Energy of Fragmentation in Certain Unimolecular Dissociations

1964 • 67 citations

On the mechanisms of C6H6 ionization and fragmentation

1977 • 67 citations

Multiple IR photon laser induced reactions of cyclopropane

1979 • 65 citations

How energy accumulation and disposal affect the rates of reactions

1978 • 65 citations

Accuracy of transition state theory for the threshold of chemical reactions with activation energy. Collinear and three-dimensional atomic hydrogen + molecular hydrogen

1975 • 64 citations

Statistical methods in reaction dynamics

1979 • 62 citations

An a b i n i t i o potential-energy surface study of several states of the water cation

1980 • 60 citations

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: An Advanced Treatise

1975 • 57 citations

A unified theory of dissociation

1980 • 57 citations

Hartree-Fock energy curves for X2Π and 2Σ+ states of HF+

1971 • 53 citations

Unimolecular decay paths of electronically excited species. I. The H2CO+ ion

1978 • 52 citations

Berechnung spezifischer Geschwindigkeitskonstanten k(E) für Zerfallsreaktionen I. Pyrolyse und Photolyse von NO₂

1973 • 43 citations

Vibrationally Adiabatic Model for the Dynamics of H+H2 Systems

1970 • 42 citations

Studies of the mechanisms of some organic reactions and photoreactions by semiempirical SCF MO methods

1977 • 41 citations

CURRENT STATUS OF THE STATISTICAL THEORY OF MASS SPECTRA

1963 • 37 citations

Physical basis of qualitative MO arguments in organic photochemistry

2006 • 36 citations

Fragmentations of alkane molecular ions

1978 • 35 citations

State-to-state photochemical reaction dynamics in polyatomic molecules

1979 • 25 citations

Ion-quadrupole effects in ion-molecule collisions

1972 • 24 citations

Classical dynamics of triatomic systems: Energized harmonic molecules

1977 • 24 citations

Crossed beam study of the reaction H2+ (CO,H) HCO+ from 0.74 to 9.25 eV

1980 • 18 citations

Ionic dissociation of methanol studied by photoelectron–photoion coincidence spectroscopy

1980 • 18 citations

Laser-induced photodissociation of chloroethane molecular ions in the gas phase

1979 • 16 citations

Orbiting trajectories in noncentral fields

1980 • 14 citations

Oscillator Models in Unimolecular Reactions

1961 • 13 citations

Electronic, rotational and vibrational predissociations in the decay of electronically excited molecular ions

1980 • 13 citations

Metastable peaks of exponential shape

1979 • 11 citations

Kinetic energy release in the metastable fragmentation of ketene ions

1981 • 11 citations

Quasiperiodic and Stochastic Intramolecular Dynamics: The Nature of Intramolecular Energy Transfer

1980 • 7 citations

Does internal conversion result in the statistical redistribution of energy?

1980 • 5 citations

Non-Adiabatic Interactions in the Unimolecular Decay of Polyatomic Molecules

1977 • 1 citations