Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2003, V 107, N 17, 1 May.

LETTERS

Prediction of Rate Constants for Reactions of the Hydroxyl Radical
in Water at High Temperatures and Pressures
Khashayar Ghandi and Paul W. Percival
pp 3005 - 3008;

ARTICLES

DYNAMICS AND RELAXATION

Solvent Induced Symmetry Breaking and Relaxation Following
Charge Transfer to Solvent Excitation of Na- in Tetrahydrofuran
Zhaohui Wang, Ofir Shoshana, Bixue Hou, and Sanford Ruhman
pp 3009 - 3016; 

Nonlinear Photophysics and Ablation of Liquid Naphthalene
Derivatives: Fluence-Dependence of Luminescence Spectra
upon 248 nm Laser Excitation
asuyuki Tsuboi, Kentaro Irie, Hiroshi Miyasaka, and Akira Itaya
pp 3017 - 3023; 

Gas-Phase Dynamic NMR Study of the Internal Rotation in
N-Trifluoroacetylpyrrolidine
Cristina Suarez, Elisabeth J. Nicholas, and Molly R. Bowman
pp 3024 - 3029; 

Ultrafast Relaxation Dynamics from the S2 State of Malachite
Green Studied with Femtosecond Upconversion Spectroscopy
Achikanath C. Bhasikuttan, Avinash V. Sapre, and Tadashi Okada
pp 3030 - 3035;

SPECTROSCOPY, GASEOUS CLUSTERS, AND MOLECULAR BEAMS

Permanent Electric Dipole of Gas-Phase p-Amino Benzoic Acid
Isabelle Compagnon, Rodolphe Antoine, Driss Rayane,
Michel Broyer, and Philippe Dugourd
pp 3036 - 3039;

KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Kinetics of the C3H7O2 + NO Reaction: Temperature Dependence
of the Overall Rate Constant and the i-C3H7ONO2 Branching Channel
Jessica M. Chow, Angela M. Miller, and Matthew J. Elrod
pp 3040 - 3047;

Kinetic Study of the Reactions of Gas Phase Pd(a1S0), Ag(5s 2S1/2),
Au(6s 2S1/2), Cd(5s2 1S0), and Hg(6s2 1S0) Atoms with Nitrous Oxide
Mark L. Campbell
pp 3048 - 3053; 

Absolute Rates of the Solution-Phase Addition of Atomic Hydrogen
to a Vinyl Ether and a Vinyl Ester: Effect of Oxygen Substitution 
on Hydrogen Atom Reactivity with Olefins
D. D. Tanner, P. Kandanarachchi, N. C. Das, and J. A. Franz
pp 3054 - 3063; 

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, BONDING, QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL THEORY

Electron-Diffraction and Theoretical Investigation of the Molecular
Structure of Octafluorobicyclo[2.2.0]hex-1(4)-ene in the Gas Phase:
Another Example of a Molecule with an Unusually Long C(sp3)-C(sp3) Single Bond
Alan D. Richardson, Kenneth Hedberg, Christopher P. Junk, and David M. Lemal
pp 3064 - 3068; 

Theoretical Investigation on the Mechanism and Thermal Rate
Constants for the Reaction of Atomic O (3P) with CHF2Cl
Qingzhu Zhang, Yueshu Gu, and Shaokun Wang
pp 3069 - 3075;

Calculation of Gas-Liquid Critical Curves for Carbon 
Dioxide-1-Alkanol Binary Systems
Yi-ling Tian, Li Chen, Ming-wei Li, and Hua-feng Fu
pp 3076 - 3080;

The Spin-Pair Compositions as Local Indicators 
of the Nature of the Bonding
Bernard Silvi
pp 3081 - 3085;

Acetic Acid Dimer in the Gas Phase, Nonpolar Solvent, 
Microhydrated Environment, and Dilute and Concentrated
Acetic Acid: Ab Initio Quantum Chemical and 
Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Jana Chocholou ova', Jaroslav Vacek, and Pavel Hobza
pp 3086 - 3092;

Singlet and Triplet Valence Excited States of Pyrimidine
Gad Fischer, Zheng-Li Cai, Jeffrey R. Reimers, and Paul Wormell
pp 3093 - 3106;

Theoretical Study on the Molecular Mechanism for the
Reaction of VO2+ with C2H4
L. Gracia, J. R. Sambrano, V. S. Safont, M. Calatayud,
A. Beltra'n, and J. Andre's
pp 3107 - 3120; 

Two-Bond 19F-15N Spin-Spin Coupling Constants
(2hJF-N) across F-H···N Hydrogen Bonds
Janet E. Del Bene, S. Ajith Perera, Rodney J. Bartlett,
Manuel Ya'n~ez, Otilia Mo', Jose' Elguero, and Ibon Alkorta
pp 3121 - 3125; 

Two-Bond 15N-19F Spin-Spin Coupling Constants
(2hJN-F) across N-H+...F Hydrogen Bonds
Janet E. Del Bene, S. Ajith Perera, Rodney J. Bartlett,
Manuel Ya'n~ez, Otilia Mo', Jose' Elguero, and Ibon Alkorta
pp 3126 - 3131;

Structure and Dynamics of Hydrated Ag (I): Ab Initio
Quantum Mechanical-Molecular Mechanical Molecular
Dynamics Simulation
Ria Armunanto, Christian F. Schwenk, and Bernd M. Rode
pp 3132 - 3138; 

GENERAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Ab Initio Calculation of Entropy and Heat Capacity
of Gas-Phase n-Alkanes Using Internal Rotations
P. Vansteenkiste, V. Van Speybroeck, G. B. Marin, and M. Waroquier
pp 3139 - 3145;