A review on property estimation methods and computational schemes for rational solvent design: A focus on pharmaceuticals

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 6869-6893

  Harini, M ^a   Adhikari, Jhumpa ^a   Rani, K Yamuna ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL SCHEMES; GROUP CONTRIBUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION APPROACH; OUTER APPROXIMATION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PREDICTIVE METHODS; PROPERTY ESTIMATION; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURES;

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84878397211     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie301329y     Document Type: Review

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