The cation-π interaction

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 885-893

  Dougherty, Dennis A ^a  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANION; BENZENE; CARBON; CATION; HYDROGEN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROGEN BOND; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

ANIONS; BENZENE; CARBON; CATIONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN BONDING; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEINS; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

EID: 84876275836     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar300265y     Document Type: Article

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