Numerical characterization of molecular chirality of organic compounds

Current Computer-Aided Drug Design

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-22

  Natarajan, Ramanathan ^a   Basak, Subhash C ^b  

^a Centre for Mathematical Sciences   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chirality; Chirality index; Chirality measures; Diastereoisomers; Enantiomers; Quantitative structure activity relationship

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ENANTIOMERS; MOLECULES; STEREOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHIRAL COMPOUNDS; CHIRALITY INDEX; CHIRALITY MEASURE; DIASTEREOISOMERS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOLECULAR CHIRALITY; NUMERICAL CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SINGLE ENANTIOMERS; SMALL-MOLECULE DRUGS;

CHIRALITY;

1 (CYCLOHEX 3 ENE 1 YLCARBONYL) 2 METHYLPIPERIDINE; ASPARTAME; CARVONE; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ECDYSTEROID; INSECT REPELLENT; LEVOPROPOXYPHENE NAPSILATE; LIMONENE; MENTHOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PICARIDIN; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CHIRALITY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DRUG APPROVAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENANTIOMER; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; STEREOSPECIFICITY; TERATOGENICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65649106183     PISSN: 15734099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340909787580836     Document Type: Review

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