Competing intramolecular vs. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds in solution

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 19562-19633

  Nagy, Peter I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous solution; Conformations; Continuum solvent; Monte carlo; Relative free energies; Solute dimerization; Tautomerism

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; ADRENALIN; AMPHOLYTE; ANTHRANILIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ETHANOLAMINE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENEDIAMINE; HISTAMINE; ISOXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; MALONALDEHYDE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TYRAMINE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SOLVENT;

BINDING AFFINITY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIMERIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GAS PHASE ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; GEOMETRY; HYDRATION; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BOND; INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVIEW; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TAUTOMER; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84923681830     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms151119562     Document Type: Review

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