Modelling the effect of solvents on carbohydrates

Mini-Reviews in Organic Chemistry

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 249-255

  Spiwok, Vojtěch ^a,b   French, Alfred D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Conformation; Continuum solvent model; Solvation

Indexed keywords

CONFORMATIONS; SOLVENTS;

ANOMERIC EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLEX FORMATIONS; CONFORMATIONAL CHANGE; CONFORMATIONAL EQUILIBRIUM; CONTINUUM SOLVENT MODEL; CONTINUUM SOLVENTS; EFFECT OF SOLVENTS; POLAR MOLECULES; RING MODEL; SOLVENT MODEL;

CARBOHYDRATES;

EID: 84962373641     PISSN: 1570193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157019311796197445     Document Type: Review

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