Hydrogen migration mechanism in crystalline-state photoisomerization by analyzed neutron diffraction

Ohashi, Yuji*; Hosoya, Takaaki; Ohara, Takashi

Crystallography Reviews, 12(2), p.83 - 123, 2006/04

https://doi.org/10.1080/08893110600703227

The crystal structure analysis with neutron diffraction can clearly make a distinction between the deuterium and hydrogen atoms although they cannot be distinguished by X-rays. Applying the neutron diffraction for the crystalline-state reaction, the mechanisms of the hydrogen transfer in several reactions have been made clear.