Symmetry, spectroscopy, and crystallography : the structural nexus /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Glaser, Robert (Author)
Published: Wiley-VCH,
Publisher Address: Weinheim :
Publication Dates: [2015]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: xv, 311 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9783527337491 :
Index Number: QC174
CLC: O657.3
O7
Call Number: O7/G548
Contents: Symmetry/Pseudosymmetry: Chirality in Molecules,in Nature, and in the Cosmos -- Enantiospecificity of Pheromones, Sweeteners, Fragrances, and Drugs -- Bonding Parameters and the Effect of Local Environment on Molecular Structure -- Historical Development of Structural Chemistry: From Alchemy to Modern Structural Theory -- Chiroptical Properties -- Symmetry Comparison of Molecular Subunits: Symmetry in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and in Dynamic NMR -- Prochirality, Asymmetric Hydrogenation Reactions, and the Curtin-Hammett Principle -- Stereogenic Elements, Chirotopicity, Permutational Isomers, and Gear-Like Correlated Motion of Molecular Subunits -- Symmetry in Extended Periodic Arrays of Molecular Crystals and the Relevance of Penrose Tiling Rules for Nonperiodic Quasicrystal Packing -- Multiple Molecules in the Asymmetric Unit, "Faking It"; Pseudosymmetry Emulation of Achiral Higher Order Space Filling in Kryptoracemate Chiral Crystals -- Platonic-Solid Geometry Molecules and Crystallographic Constraints upon Molecular Geometry, Symmetry Distortions from Ideality -- Solid-State NMR Spectroscopic/X-Ray Crystallographic Investigation of Conformational Polymorphism/Pseudopolymorphism in Crystalline Stable and Labile Hydrated Drugs -- NMR Spectroscopic Differentiation of Diastereomeric Isomers Having Special Positions of Molecular Symmetry -- Stereochemistry of Medium Ring Conformations -- The Pharmacophore Method for Computer Assisted Drug Design -- The X-Ray Structure-Based Method of Rational Design -- Helical Stereochemistry.