Conformational preferences of neurotransmitters: ephedrine and its diastereoisomer, pseudoephedrine

Journal of Physical Chemistry A

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 544-551

  Butz, Patrick ^a   Kroemer, Romano T ^a   Macleod, Neil A ^a   Simons, John P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; HYDROGEN BONDS; ISOMERS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DIASTEREOISOMERS; EPHEDRINE; NEUROTRANSMITTERS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 0035138793     PISSN: 10895639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp002862s     Document Type: Article

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