Exploration of the accessible chemical space of acyclic alkanes

Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2124-2132

  Paton, Robert S ^a   Goodman, Jonathan M ^a  

^a Unilever Centre for Molecular Science Informatics   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRAIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON SKELETONS; CHEMICAL SPACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

PARAFFINS;

EID: 37249033643     PISSN: 15499596     EISSN: 1549960X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ci700246b     Document Type: Article

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