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Isomerization via intersection

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Evidence for the involvement of conical intersections in the isomerization of retinal has been obtained using ultrafast spectrocopy.

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  1. Polli, D. et al. Conical intersection dynamics of the primary photoisomerization event in vision. Nature 467, 440–443 (2010).

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Armstrong, G. Isomerization via intersection. Nature Chem (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.894

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