Solution- and solid-state evidence for alkali metal cation-π interactions with indole, the side chain of tryptophan

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 5613-5614

  De Wall, Stephen L ^a   Meadows, Eric S ^a   Barbour, Leonard J ^b   Gokel, George W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; CATION; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INDOLE; TRYPTOPHAN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033575116     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9907921     Document Type: Article

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