Electronic structure of the azide group in 3́-Azido-3́- deoxythymidine (AZT) compared to small azide compounds

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2656-2668

  Chen, Fang Fang ^a   Wang, Feng ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Azide; Azidothymidine; Density functional theory; Electronic structures

Indexed keywords

AZIDE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

AZIDES; ELECTRONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; QUANTUM THEORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; ZIDOVUDINE;

EID: 68649108437     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14072656     Document Type: Article

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