Steric effects <i>vs.</i> electron delocalization: a new look into the stability of diastereomers, conformers and constitutional isomers
Sopanant Datta, Taweetham Limpanuparb
Abstract
The prevalence of a chemical formula in which its <italic>Z</italic> configuration, <italic>gauche</italic> conformation or <italic>meta</italic> isomer is the most stable form is derived from over ten thousand chemical structures. The instance of steric prediction failure is surprisingly common.
Topics & Concepts
Steric effectsDiastereomerConformational isomerismElectron delocalizationChemistryDelocalized electronComputational chemistryStereochemistryOrganic chemistryMoleculeChemical Reaction MechanismsAdvanced Chemical Physics StudiesAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography