Research progress in cation-π interactions

Science in China, Series B: Chemistry

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 709-717

  Cheng, Jiagao ^a   Luo, Xiaomin ^b   Yan, Xiuhua ^b   Li, Zhong ^a   Tang, Yun ^a   Jiang, Hualiang ^a,b   Zhu, Weiliang ^a,b  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Cation interaction; Intermolecular interaction; Noncovalent interaction

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONMETALS; POSITIVE IONS; RESEARCH;

AROMATIC SYSTEMS; BINDING FORCES; HYDROGEN BONDINGS; HYDROPHOBIC INTERACTIONS; INTER-MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; RESEARCH PROGRESS; RESEARCH RESULTS; WIDE-RANGE;

FLOW INTERACTIONS;

EID: 47749083041     PISSN: 10069291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-008-0082-8     Document Type: Article

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