Computer-aided molecular design of solvents for accelerated reaction kinetics

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 952-957

  Struebing, Heiko ^a   Ganase, Zara ^a   Karamertzanis, Panagiotis G ^a   Siougkrou, Eirini ^a   Haycock, Peter ^a   Piccione, Patrick M ^b   Armstrong, Alan ^a   Galindo, Amparo ^a   Adjiman, Claire S ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JEALOTT S HILL INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; ARTICLE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; KINETICS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84887650503     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1755     Document Type: Article

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