Calculation of conformational energies and optical rotation of the most simple chiral alkane

Chirality

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1009-1015

  Grimme, Stefan ^a   Mück Lichtenfeld, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformational energies; Intramolecular dispersion; Optical rotation; Quantum chemical calculations

Indexed keywords

4 ETHYL 4 METHYLOCTANE; ALKANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENANTIOMER; ENERGY; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 60149098448     PISSN: 08990042     EISSN: 1520636X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chir.20551     Document Type: Conference Paper

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