Absolute configuration of chirally deuterated neopentane

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7135, 2007, Pages 526-529

  Haesler, J ^a   Schindelholz, I ^a   Riguet, E ^a   Bochet, C G ^a   Hug, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; FLUOROMETHANE; HYDROCARBON; PENTANE;

ALKANE; HYDROCARBON; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCATTERING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DERIVATIZATION; DIASTEREOISOMER; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENANTIOMER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OPTICAL ROTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 34047133214     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05653     Document Type: Article

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