Ring inversion barrier of diazepam and derivatives: An ab initio study

Chirality

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 651-658

  Paizs, Béla ^a,b   Simonyi, Miklós ^a  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirality; Density functional; Diazepine

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; GEOMETRY; ISOMERISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

DIAZEPAM; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION;

EID: 0032848251     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-636X(1999)11:8<651::AID-CHIR7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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