A Novel Index for the Description of Molecular Linearity

Journal of Chemical Information and Computer Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3-6, 2001, Pages 1228-1236

  Patel, Hiren ^a   Cronin, Mark T D ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR LINEARITY;

CONFORMATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; TOPOLOGY;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

EID: 0035470281     PISSN: 00952338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci0103673     Document Type: Article

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