Theoretical Study of Helix Formation in Substituted Phenylene Ethynylene Oligomers

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 8780-8785

  Blatchly, Richard A ^a   Tew, Gregory N ^b  

^a KEENE STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTHALPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

HELIX FORMATION;

OLIGOMERS;

ESTER; ETHER DERIVATIVE; OLIGOMER; PHENYLENEETHYNYLENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; ENTROPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OLIGOMERIZATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242660930     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo034827y     Document Type: Article

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