Spurious cooperativity in alkylated succinic acids

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 3630-3647

  Ben Naim, A ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CALCULATIONS; CONFORMATIONS; DISSOCIATION; HYDROGEN BONDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; PROTONS;

ALKYLATED SUCCINIC ACIDS; PROTON PROTON CORRELATION; SPURIOUS COOPERATIVITY;

REACTION KINETICS;

EID: 0032023745     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.475758     Document Type: Article

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