短い分子内水素結合:対称的な置換物質を持つマロンアルデヒドの誘導体

Jacqueline C Hargis1, Francesco A Evangelista, Justin B Ingels

  • 1Center for Computational Quantum Chemistry, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2525, USA. jhargis@uga.edu

まとめ

この研究では,非常に短い水素結合を持つマロンアルデヒド誘導体を調査しました. 研究者らは,分子内水素原子移転のための非常に低いエネルギーバリアを持つ化合物を発見し,より大きなシステムのためのバリアの高さの推定を可能にしました.

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