The effects of conformation and solvation on optical rotation: Substituted epoxides

Chirality

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 357-369

  Wilson, Shaun M ^a   Wiberg, Kenneth B ^a   Murphy, Michael J ^a   Vaccaro, Patrick H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity ring down polarimetry; Conformational effects; Density functional theory; Intrinsic optical activity; Nonresonant chiroptical response; Polarizable continuum model; Solvation processes; Vapor phase optical activity

Indexed keywords

1,2 EPOXYBUTANE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; EPIFLUOROHYDRIN; EPOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFORMATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; OPTICAL ROTATION; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUTE; SOLVATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 39749162839     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20448     Document Type: Article

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