Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2004, V 108, N 17, April 29.

LETTERS

 No Barrier for the Gas-Phase C2H + NH3 Reaction
Shaun A. Carl, Rehab M. I. Elsamra, Raviraj M. Kulkarni, 
Hue M. T. Nguyen, and Jozef Peeters
pp 3695 - 3698;


ARTICLES

DYNAMICS AND RELAXATION 
 
Mechanisms of Nonexponential Relaxation in Supercooled
Glucose Solutions: the Role of Water Facilitation
Valeria Molinero, Tahir Cain, and William A. Goddard, III
pp 3699 - 3712; 

SPECTROSCOPY, GASEOUS CLUSTERS, AND MOLECULAR BEAMS 
 
Vibrational and Electronic Absorption Spectroscopy
of 2,3-Benzofluorene and Its Cation
John Banisaukas, Jan Szczepanski, 
Martin Vala, and So Hirata
pp 3713 - 3722;
 
Photodissociation Pathways of the 2,3-Benzofluorene Cation
John Banisaukas, Jan Szczepanski, John Eyler,
and Martin Vala
pp 3723 - 3726; 
 
Vibronic Spectroscopy of Benzyl-Type Radicals: 
Jet-Cooled m-Cyanobenzyl Radical in the 
D1  D0 Transition
Sang Kuk Lee and Yang Nam Kim
pp 3727 - 3731; 
 
On the Renner-Teller Effect and Barriers to 
Linearity and Dissociation in HCF(A1A' ')
Haiyan Fan, Ionela Ionescu, Chris Annesley, 
Joseph Cummins, Matthew Bowers, Ju Xin, 
and Scott A. Reid
pp 3732 - 3738;

KINETICS; ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 
 
Revised Kinetics in the Droplet-Train Apparatus 
Due to a Wall Loss
David R. Hanson, Masakazu Sugiyama, 
and Akihiro Morita
pp 3739 - 3744; 
 
Recombination versus Disproportionation Reactions
of Hydrogen Atoms with ClCF2CHF, ClC2F4, BrC2H4, 
BrC2F4, and BrCF2CFBr Radicals and Unimolecular
Reactions of the Haloethane Molecules from 
Recombination
D. W. Setser, A. A. Muravyov, and R. Rengarajan
pp 3745 - 3755; 
 
Effects of Hydration on the Properties of 
Protonated-Water-Nitric Acid Clusters
Raffaella D'Auria, Richard P. Turco, and K. N. Houk
pp 3756 - 3765; 
 
Rate Coefficients and Kinetic Isotope Effect for the 
C2H Reactions with NH3 and ND3 in the
104-294 K Temperature Range
Boris Nizamov and Stephen R. Leone
pp 3766 - 3771; 
 
Importance of Gas-Phase Kinetics within the
Anode Channel of a Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell
Chad Y. Sheng and Anthony M. Dean
pp 3772 - 3783; 

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, BONDING, QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, AND GENERAL THEORY 
 
Rapid Racemization in Thiazolidinediones:
A Quantum Chemical Study
Prasad V. Bharatam and Smriti Khanna
pp 3784 - 3788;
 
Fundamental Reaction Pathways and Free-Energy 
Barriers for Ester Hydrolysis of Intracellular 
Second-Messenger 3',5'-Cyclic Nucleotide
Xi Chen and Chang-Guo Zhan
pp 3789 - 3797;

Ab Initio Study of the Formation of Glycine via
Amino Acetonitrile and Amino-Cyano-Acetic Acid
Hong-Shun Zhu and Jia-Jen Ho
pp 3798 - 3805; 
 
Geometrical and Electronic Structure of the Pt7 
Cluster: A Density Functional Study
Wei Quan Tian, Maofa Ge, B. R. Sahu, Dianxun Wang, 
Toshiki Yamada, and Shinro Mashiko
pp 3806 - 3812;  
 
Structure and Stability of C48 Fullerenes
Hai-Shun Wu, Xiao-Hong Xu, and Haijun Jiao
pp 3813 - 3816;  
 
Bader's and Reactivity Descriptors' Analysis 
of DNA Base Pairs
R. Parthasarathi, R. Amutha, V. Subramanian,
Balachandran Unni Nair, and T. Ramasami
pp 3817 - 3828; 

Quantum Chemistry Investigation of Key Reactions
Involved in the Formation of Naphthalene and Indene
S. Fascella, C. Cavallotti, R. Rota, and S. Carra
pp 3829 - 3843; 
 
Gas-Phase Fragmentation Reactions of Protonated
Aromatic Amino Acids: Concomitant and Consecutive
Neutral Eliminations and Radical Cation Formations
Houssain El Aribi, Galina Orlova, Alan C. Hopkinson, 
and K. W. Michael Siu
pp 3844 - 3853; 
 
Theoretical Study of Glass Systems Using ab Initio
Molecular Electronic Structure Theory. 1. Lithium
Metaphosphate Glass
Emmanuel D. Simandiras and Dimitrios G. Liakos
pp 3854 - 3858; 
 
On the Formation of the Sulfonate Ion from
Hydrated Sulfur Dioxide
Andreas F. Voegele, Christofer S. Tautermann,
Christine Rauch, Thomas Loerting, and Klaus R. Liedl
pp 3859 - 3864; 
 
Reliable Theoretical Procedures for the Calculation
of Electronic-Structure Information
in Hydrogen ion Reactions
Michelle L. Coote
pp 3865 - 3872;  

GENERAL PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY 
 
"Icebergs" or No "Icebergs" in Aqueous Alcohols?: 
Composition-Dependent Mixing Schemes
Yoshikata Koga, Keiko Nishikawa, and Peter Westh
pp 3873 - 3877;