Influence of the chemical environment on metolachlor conformations

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 4435-4442

  Jayasundera, Shalini ^a   Schmidt, Walter F ^b   Hapeman, Cathleen J ^b   Torrents, Alba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atropisomers; Chemical environment; Metolachlor; Molecular mechanics; NMR

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; HERBICIDE; METOLACHLOR; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ENVIRONMENT; ISOMER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ACETAMIDES; ENVIRONMENT; HERBICIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0033212886     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf990090v     Document Type: Article

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