What is the longest unbranched alkane with a linear global minimum conformation?

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 876-878

  Goodman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000223846     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci9704219     Document Type: Article

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