Isotopic perturbation of the conformational equilibrium in methylene-functionalized calixarenes

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-57

  Kuno, Lev ^a   Biali, Silvio E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIXARENES; CHEMICAL EQUATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUMS; DEUTERATION; DEUTERIUM ATOMS; EXTERNAL-; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDROXYL GROUPS; ISOTOPIC ENRICHMENTS; ISOTOPOLOGUES; ISOTOPOMERS; METHOXY GROUPS; NMR SPECTRUMS; OH GROUPS; RESIDUAL WATERS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS; X-RAY STRUCTURES;

ACETONE; ATOMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DEUTERIUM; DISSOLUTION; HYDROGEN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHENOLS;

ISOTOPES;

CALIXARENES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DEUTERIUM; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STEREOISOMERISM; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 58149289856     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo8020538     Document Type: Article

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