Efectos conformacionales en la rotación óptica. 1-butenos 3-sustituidos por 1-butenos

Kenneth B Wiberg1, Patrick H Vaccaro, James R Cheeseman

  • 1Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 067520-8107, USA. kenneth.wiberg@yale.edu

Resumen

El estudio revela que la conformación molecular impacta significativamente la rotación óptica en (R) -3-chloro-1-buteno, con valores calculados que difieren mucho entre los ángulos de torsión. Las rotaciones observadas fueron más pequeñas de lo previsto, lo que sugiere que factores complejos influyen en este fenómeno.

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