The case for steric repulsion causing the staggered conformation of ethane

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 42, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 4183-4188

  Bickelhaupt, F Matthias ^a   Baerend, Evert Jan ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformation analysis; Electronic structure; Ethane; Rotation barrier; Steric hindrance

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

STERIC REPULSION;

ETHANE;

ETHANE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOSPECIFICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141745664     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.200350947     Document Type: Article

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