Solvent constraints on the property space of acetylcholine. I. Isotropic solvents

Journal of Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1759-1767

  Vistoli, Giulio ^a   Pedretti, Alessandro ^a   Villa, Luigi ^a   Testa, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLOROFORM; SOLVENT; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DIPOLE; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; LIPOPHILICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLARIZATION; SIMULATION; SOLUTE; VACUUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHLOROFORM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; SOLVENTS; VACUUM; WATER;

EID: 15444370986     PISSN: 00222623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jm040823p     Document Type: Article

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