How do benzylic amide [2]catenane rings rotate?

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2364-2379

  Deleuze, Michael S ^a   Leigh, David A ^b   Zerbetto, Francesco ^c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BENZYLIC AMIDE; CATENANE; MACROCYCLIC COMPOUND; PHENYL GROUP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0033599552     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja9815273     Document Type: Article

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