Category: CONFORMATION

H. W. Gibson et al., Tetrahedron 2014, 70, 5904-5918: Stereochemistry of alkylated isoquinoline Reissert compounds.

H. Brunner, T. Tsuno et al., Organometallics 2014, 33, 2257–2265: Control of the Conformation of M–Prophos Chelate Rings by CH/π Interactions.

X. Xu et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 1283–1287: CH–π and CF–π Interactions Lead to Structural Changes of N-Heterocyclic Carbene Palladium Complexes.

W. B. Jennings et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2013, 11, 5278-5291: An evaluation of substituent effects on aromatic edge-to-face interactions and CF/pi versus CH/pi interactions using an imino torsion balance model.

N. J. Zondlo, Acc. Chem. Res. 2013, 46, 1039-1049: Aromatic CH-Proline Interactions: Electronically Tunable CH/pi Interactions.

M. Taguchi et al., Polymer Journal 2013, doi:10.1038/pj.2013.16: Intramolecular CH/pi interaction of Poly(9,9-dialkylfluorene)s in solutions: interplay of the fluorene ring and alkyl side chains revealed by 2D 1H-1H NOESY NMR and 1D 1H-NMR experiments.

C. Zhao et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, 134, 14306-14309: Do Deuteriums Form Stronger CH/pi Interactions?

J. O. Barcina et al., Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, 940-947, DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101469: 7-Arylnorbornanes: Model Compounds for the Study of CH/pi and OH/pi Interactions.

J. Berna et al., Chem. Commun. 2012, 48, 5677-5679: Dampened circumrotation by CH/pi interactions in hydrogen bonded [2]rotaxanes.

M. Frigoli et al., Org. Lett. 2012, 10.1021/ol301812e: The Control of Photochromism of [3H]-Naphthopyran Derivatives with Intramolecular CH-pi Bonds.

N. B. Bathori, L. R. Nassimbeni, The Importance of Pi-Interactions in Crystal Engineering: Frontiers in Crystal Engineering, Eds. E. R. T. Tiekink, J. Zukerman-Schpector, Wiley, 2012, Chapter 5: Conformational Flexibility and Selectivity in Host/Guest Systems.

T. Tsukamoto et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 2012, 535, 157-162: Partial geometry optimization with FMO-MP2 gradient: Apprication to TrpCage.

H. K. Ganguly et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2012, DOI: 10.1021/ja209334v: Direct Evidence for CH/pi Interaction Mediated Stabilization of Pro-cisPro Bond in Peptides with Pro-Pro-Aromatic motifs.

R. P. Kopreski et al., J. Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 1308-1315, DOI: 10.1021/jo201921h: Probing Intramolecular CH/pi Interactions in o-Quinodimethane Adducts of [60]Fullerene Using Variable Temperature NMR.

K. Avasthi et al., CrystEngComm, 2012, DOI: 10.1039/c1ce06001e: Role of arene interactions and substituent effects in conformational (syn/anti) control of 1,2-diarylethanes.

M. P. D. Hatfield et al., J. Phys. Chem, B 2011, dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp111076j: The CLN025 Decapeptide Retains a beta-Hairpin Conformation in Urea and Guanidinium Chloride.

W. R. Carroll et al., Org. Lett. 2011, 13, in press: A Molecular Balance for Measuring Aliphatic CH/pi Interactions.

R. Lo, B. Ganguly, Chem. Commun. 2011, 7395-7397: First principle studies toward the design of a new class of carbene superbases involving intramolecular H/pi interactions.

A. Asano et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. 2011, 19, 3372-3377: The square conformation of phenylglycine-incorporated ascidiacyclamide is stabilized by CH/π interactions between amino acid side chains.

M. Nishio, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 13873-13900. DOI: 10.1039/C1CP20404A: The CH/pi hydrogen bond in chemistry. Conformation, supramolecules, optical resolution and interactions involving carbohydrates. [Review: PCCP Perspective, themed issue ‘Weak Hydrogen Bonds - Strong Effects]

A. Ichikawa et al., CrystEngComm, 2011, DOI: 10.1039/C1CE05155E: Crystal structures and chiral recognition of the diastereomeric salts prepared from 2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propanoic acid.

[NEW] D. O. Guimarães et al., Phytochemistry 2010, 71, 1423–1429: Diketopiperazines produced by endophytic fungi found in association with two Asteraceae species.

M. P. D. Hatfield et al., J. Phys. Chem, B 2010, 114, 3028-3037: Molecular Dynamics Analysis of the Conformations of a beta-Hairpin Miniprotein.

H. Suezawa et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2010, 83, 802-808: CH/pi Interaction on the Structure of N-Substituted-4-phenyltetrahydroisoquinoline Derivatives.

K. Kanao et al., Organometallics 2010, 29, 2381-2384: Intramolecular Edge-to-Face Aromatic pi/pi Interaction in Optically Active Ruthenium/Allenylidene Complexes for Enantioselective Propargylic Substitution Reactions.

C. F. R. A. C. Lima et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2010, 12, 11228-11237: The role of aromatic interactions in the structure and energetics of benzyl ketones.

S. O. N. Lill, J. Mol. Graph. Model. 2010, 29, 178-187: Evaluation of dispersion-corrected density functional theory (B3LYP-DCP) for compounds of biochemical interest .

A. R. Karim et al., Chem. Sci. 2010 DOI: 10.1039/c0sc00117a: Symmetry and polar- effects on the dynamics of enshrouded aryl-alkyne molecular rotors.

M. Alonso et al., J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 342-352: X-ray Diffraction, Solution Structure, and Computational Studies on Derivatives of (3-sec-Butyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-4-ylidene)acetic Acid: Compounds with Activity as Calpain Inhibitors.

O. Takahashi et al., Chem. Rev. 2010, 101, (10.1021/cr100072x): Relevance of Weak Hydrogen Bonds in the Conformation of Organic Compounds and Bioconjugates: Evidence from Recent Experimental Data and High-Level ab Initio MO Calculations. [Review]

A. Ichikawa et al., CrystEngComm 2010, 12, 226 -2268, DOI: 10.1039/b926356j: Crystal conformations and molecular packing of (S)-2-methoxy-2-(9-phenanthryl)propanoic acid and a diastereomeric amide prepared from (R)-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propanoic acid.

S. K. Nayak et al., CrystEngComm, 2010, 12, 1205-1216: Effect of substitution on molecular conformation and packing features in a series of aryl substituted ethyl-6-methyl-4-phenyl-2-thioxo-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylates.

P. Kiraly et al., Magn. Reson. Chem. 2010, 48, 13-19: Self-association promoted conformational transition of (3R,4S,8R,9R)-9-[(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl))-thiourea](9-deoxy)-epi-cinchonine.

H.-Jin Choi et al., Chem. Commun. 2009, 4971-4973: New deep cavitand with imidazoquinoxaline ﾟaps: formation of static helical alkane inclusion complexes by enhanced CH/p interactions.

A. Holme et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2009, 920, 387-392: Carbon 1s photoelectron spectroscopy of 1-pentyne conformers.

S. Taubert et al., J. Org. Chem. 2009, 74, 6495-6502: Magnetically induced currents in bianthraquinodimethane-stabilized Mobius and Huckel [16]annulenes.

A. Stavrakoudis et al., Biopolymers 2009, 92, 143-155: Molecular dynamics simulation of antimicrobial peptide arenicin-2: beta-hairpin stabilization by noncovalent interactions.

Z. Su et al., Chem.Phys. Lett. 2009, 471, 17-21: Carbohydrate-aromatic interactions: A computational and IR spectroscopic investigation of the complex, methyl alpha-l-fucopyranoside-toluene, isolated in the gas phase.

M. Kaufmann et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2009, 48, 3810-3813: Stable Cyclohexyl-Phenyl Recognition in the Center of a DNA Duplex.

J. P. Hill et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2009, 11, 6038- 6041: Evidence for a ball-shaped cyclen cyclophane: an experimental and first principles study.

K. Ravichandran et al., Acta Cryst. 2009, E65, o2363-o2364: 2,2,4-Trimethyl-5-(4-tolylsulfonyl)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-1H-1,5-benzodiazepine.

A. E. Leija et al., Acta Cryst. 2009, E65, o2317: 1,4-Bis{(+)-(S)-[1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl]iminomethyl}benzene.

A. Stavrakoudis et al., Biopolymers 2009, 92, 143-155:Molecular dynamics simulation of antimicrobial peptide arenicin-2: -Hairpin stabilization by noncovalent interactions.

O. Takahashi et al., Carbohydr. Res. 2009, 344, 1225-1229: The origin of the generalized anomeric effect: Possibility of the CH/n and CH/pi hydrogen bonds.

O. Takahashi et al., Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 3525-3528: The conformation of levopimaric acid investigated by high-level ab initio MO calculations. Possibility of the CH/pi hydrogen bond.

O. Takahashi et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2009, 82, 272-276: The Origin of the Relative Stability of Axial Conformers of Cyclohexane and Cyclohexanone Derivatives: Importance of the CH/n and CH/pi Hydrogen Bonds.

[NEW]K. M. Sureshan et al., CrystEngComm 2008, 10, 493–496: Strength from weakness: CH/π stabilized conformational tuning of benzyl ethers and a consequent co-operative edge-to-face CH/pi network.

J. C. Morales et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7828-7835: Experimental Measurement of Carbohydrate-Aromatic Stacking in Water by Using a Dangling-Ended DNA Model System.

F. R. Fischer et al., Chem. Commun. 2008, 4031-4033: Substituent effects on the aromatic edge-to-face interaction.

A. Segade et al., J. Phys. Chem. B 2008, 112, 7395-7402: Multiple Interactions in the Self-Association of Porphyrin Discotic Mesogens.

O. Takahashi et al., Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 5773-5778: Origin of the Axial-Alkyl Preference of (R)-alpha-Phellandrene and Related Compounds Investigated by High-Level Ab Initio MO Calculations. Importance of the CH/pi Hydrogen Bond.

A. Ichikawa et al., Tetrahedron: Asymm. 2008, 19, 2693-2698: Characteristic conformations and molecular packings in crystal structures of diastereomeric esters prepared from (S)-2-methoxy-2-(1-naphthyl)propanoic acid.

O. Takahashi et al., Tetrahedron 2008, 64, 2433-2400: The Conformation of alkyl cyclohexanones and terpenic ketones. Interpretation for the“Alkylketone Effect”based on the CH/pi(C=O) hydrogen bond.

N. Bogdan et al., J. Org. Chem. 2008, 73, 5831-5838: New [4.4]Cyclophanes: Molecular Parallelograms, Triangles, Rhombuses, Pentagons, and Supramolecular Constructions.

H. Miyake et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 792-793: Time-Programmed Peptide Helix Inversion of a Synthetic Metal Complex Triggered by an Achiral NO3- Anion.

K. M. Sureshan et al., CrystEngComm 2008, 10, 493-496: Strength from weakness: CH-pi stabilized conformational tuning of benzyl ethers and a consequent co-operative edge-to-face CH-pi network.

H. Iwamoto et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2008, 49, 277-280: Conformational control of molecular tweezers containing a disulfide bond by redox reactions.

S.-L. Deng et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2008, 875, 302-308: Guest-induced conformational change of 2,5,7,8,9,10-Hexachloro-1,3,4,6-tetrakis-(4-methoxy-phenylsulfanyl)-fluoranthene via CH/pi, CH/Cl and pi/pi interaction.

B. Dasgupta et al., FEBS Lett. 2007, 581, 4529-4532: Enhanced stability of cis Pro-Pro peptide bond in Pro-Pro-Phe sequence motif.

T. Morimoto et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 3672-3675: Benzene Ring Trimer Interactions Modulate Supramolecular Structures.

B. Bhayana, C. S. Wilcox, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 2007, 46, 6833-6836: A Minimal protein folding model to measure hydrophobic and CH-pi effects on interactions between nonpolar surfaces in water.

K. Shin-ya et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2007, 827, 155-164: Intramolecular CH/pi and CH/O interactions in the conformational stability of benzyl methyl ether studied by matrix-isolation infrared spectroscopy and theoretical calculations.

M. J. Tubergen et al., J. Phys. Chem. A 2006, 110, 13188-13194: Rotational spectra and conformational structures of 1-phenyl-2-propanol, methamphetamine, and 1-phenyl-2-propanone.

R. Giudici et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2006, 786, 65-67: The rotational spectrum and heavy-atom-planar structure of propargyl benzene (3-phenyl-1-propyne).

J. Sanmartin et al., Inorg. Chim. Acta 2006, 359, 3156-3166: Syn-anti and anti-anti conformations of a diimine derived from p-xylylenediamine and its neutral CoII and ZnII dinuclear complexes.

L. Scott et al., Chem. Commun. 2006, 3806-3808: Desolvation tips the balance: solvent effects on aromatic interactions.

W. B. Jennings et al., J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 2277-2282: Stereodynamics and edge-to-face CH-pi aromatic interactions in o-phenethyl-substituted biaryls.

W.-L. Wang et al., J. Polymer Sci. Part A, Polymer Chemistry 2006, 44, 4154-4164: Bipyridinophane-containing conjugated polymers modulated with an intramolecular aromatic CH/ interaction.

R. Giudici et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2006, 786, 65-67: The rotational spectrum and heavy-atom-planar structure of propargyl benzene (3-phenyl-1-propyne).

I. L. Karle et al., Bio polymers 2006, 84, 502-507: A robust hybrid peptide crystal formed with weak hydrogen bonds.

J. G. Planas et al., CrystEngComm 2006, 8, 75-83: Synthesis and solid state structure for a series of poly(1-pyrrolylmethyl)benzene derivatives. Control of the interplaying pi-pi and CH-pi interactions?

J.-W. Xu et al., Tetrahedron 2005, 61, 9248-9256: Synthesis, X-ray crystallographic, and dynamic 1H NMR studies of crown-tetrathia[3.3.3.3]metacyclophanes: conformational control by cooperative intramolecular CH/pi interaction both in solid state and in solution.

H. Iwamoto et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 6839-6842: Conformational control of flexible molecular tweezers by intramolecular CH/pi interaction.

H. Fukui et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2005, 46, 5089-5093: NMR determination of the absolute configuration of beta-chiral primary alcohols.

H. Tsue et al., Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 2165-2168: Exhaustively methylated azacalix[4]arene: Preparation, conformation, and crystal structure with exclusively CH/pi-controlled crystal architecture.

J. Sykora et al., Org. Biol. Chem. 2005, 3, 2572-2578: Two structural types of 1,3-alternate tetrapropoxycalix[4]arene derivatives in the solid state.

K. Akasaka et al., Biosci. Biotech.l Biochem. 2005, 69, 2002-2004: Crystalline structure of N-(S)-2-heptyl (1R,2R)-2-(2,3-anthracenedicarboximido)cyclohexanecarboxamide that differs from its preferred conformation in the solvent used for crystallization.

A. Frontera et al., Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 1437-1440: Preparation, Solid-State Characterization, and Computational Study of a Crown Ether Attached to a Squaramide.

C. M. Fitchett et al., Org. Biomol. Chem., 2005, 3, 498-502, DOI: 10.1039/b416553e: Solid state conformations of symmetrical aromatic biheterocycles: an X-ray crystallographic investigation.

Y.-F. Jiang et al., Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2005,1585-1588: Intramolecular CH/pi Metal Chelate Ring) Interactions as Structural Evidence for Metalloaromaticity in Bis(pyridine-2,6-diimine)RuII Complexes.

T. Kojima et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2004, 10, 6402-6410: Intramolecular rearrangement for regioselective complexation by intramolecular CH/pi interaction in a hydrophobic cavity of a ruthenium coordination sphere.

O. Takahashi et al., Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2004, 2398-2403, The conformation of alkyl benzyl alcohols studied by ab initio MO calculations. Comparison with IR and NMR spectral data. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

M. Linares et al., J. Mol. Struct. (Theochem) 2004, 680, 169-180: Theoretical study of the intramolecular CH/pi interaction effect on rotation energy barriers in 1-pentene, 2,2'-diisopropyl biphenyl and some amino and nitro derivatives.

T. Nishinaga et al., Tetrahedron 2004, 60, 3375-3382: Synthesis and properties of p-benzoquinone-fused hexahydro[18]annulenes.

M. P. Freitas et al., Spectrochim. Acta A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy 2004, in the press: Infrared spectroscopy and theoretical calculations as tools for the conformational analysis of 2-methoxycyclohexanone.

O. Takahashi et al., New J. Chem. 2004, 28, 355-360: Origin of the diastereofacial selectivity in the nucleophilic addition to chiral acyclic ketones. An ab initio MO study. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

C. D. Tatko, M. L. Waters, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2004, 126, 2028-2034: Comparison of C-H/p and Hydrophobic Interactions in a -Hairpin Peptide: Impact on Stability and Specificity.

F. Hof et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 5056-5059: Weak Attractive Interaction between Organic Fluorine and an Amide Group

Y. Kuwatani et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2004, 45, 359-362: All-Z-hexabenzo[24]annulene with a triangular benzene cluster substructure.

P. S. Nandel, B. Khare, Biopolymers 2004, 77, 63-64: Conformation of peptides constructed from achral amino acid residues Aib and deltaPhe: Computational study of the effect of L/D-Leu at terminal positions.

G. L. Grunewald et al., J. Comput. Chem. 2004, 9, 315-326: Conformational preferences in alkylbenzenes and aryl-alkylamines: A comparative study using CAMSEQ, MM2 and molecular dynamics methods.

J. H. Schulte et al., Org. Biomol. Chem. 2003, 2788-2794: Syntheses and solid state structures of cyclic diynes with two chalcogen centres - a competition between weak interactions

O. Takahashi et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2003, 76, 2167-2163: The conformation of 1-alkyl-2-phenylethylpropan-1-ols studied by ab Iinitio MO calculations. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

S. S. Panja, T. Chakraborty, J. Chem. Phys. 2003,118, 6200-6204: Conformational stability of allylbenzene: A combined study by dispersed fluorescence spectroscopy and quantum chemistry calculation.

O.Takahashi et al., New J. Chem. 2003, 27, 1639-1643: The alkyl/phenyl-folded conformation of alkyl 1-phenylethyl sulphides and sulphones as evidenced by ab initio MO calculations. Implication to the 1,2-asymmetric induction. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

H. Suezawa et al., New J. Chem. 2003, 27, 1609-1613: The molecular structure of acyclic aralkyl compounds studied by a crystallographic database survey. Relevance of the intramolecular CH/pi hydrogen bond to conformation.[See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

K. Avasthi et al., Acta Crystallog., Sect. C 2003, 59, o523-o524: A stacked pyrazolo-[3,4-d]pyrimidine-based flexible molecule. the effect on stacking of a bulky isopropyl group in comparison with a methyl/ethyl group.

K. Avasthi et al., Acta Crystallog., Sect. C 2003, 59, o409-o412: Unusual molecular conformation in disymmetric propylene-linker compounds containing pyrazolo-[3,4-d]pyrimidine and phthalimide moieties.

A. K. Padyana et al., J. Peptide Sci. 2003, 9, 54-63: Role of a two-residue spacer in an ,-didehydrophenylalanine containing hexapeptide: crystal and solution structure of Boc-Val-Phe-Leu-Ala-Phe-Ala-OMe.

A. Maris, W. Caminati, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2003, 5, 2795-2798: Conformation of chiral molecules: Free jet rotational spectrum of 2-phenylpropanal.

O. Takahashi et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2003, 9, 756-762: Prevalence of the alkyl/phenyl-folded conformation in benzylic compounds, C6H5CH2-X-R (X = O, CH2, CO, S, SO, SO2): Significance of the CH/pi interaction as evidenced by high level ab Initio MO calculations. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

M. Matsugi et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2003, 51, 460-462: A simple determination method of the absolute configuration of 1-arylethanthiols by an Intramolecular CH/pi shielding effect in H-NMR of diastereomeric thiol esters.

O. Takahashi et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2003, 76, 369-374: General preference for alkyl/phenyl folded conformations. Relevance of the CH/pi and CH/O interactions to stereochemistry as evidenced by ab Initio MO calculations. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

I. Csoregh et al., Struct; Chem. 2003, 14, 241-246: C(methyl)-H...pi(aryl) interaction stabilizing molecular conformation. X-ray crystal structure of an inclusion compound of a nonprotic host with nitromethane guest.

A. Scarso et al., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2003, 42, 5499-5502: Encapsulation Induces Helical Folding of Alkanes.

F. Carver et al., Chem. Eur. J. 2002, 8, 2847-2859: Substituent effects on edge-to-face aromatic interactions.

C. Wolf, B. T. Ghebremariam, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 2002, 13, 1153-1156: Dynamic stereochemistry of 1,8-bis(2,2’-disubstituted-4,4’-dipyridyl)naphthalenes and their N,N-dioxide derivatives.

K. A. Atticks et al., Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2002, 90, 1440-1447: Structure and relative energies of the conformers of n-butyl cyanide and 5-hexynenitrile.

G. A. Guirgis et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2002, 613, 15-35: Infrared and Raman spectra, conformational stability, ab initio calculations, and vibrational assignment of 5-chloropent-2-yne.

C. Wolf et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, 43, 8563-8567: Conformational stability of atropisomeric 1-naphthylcarbinols and 1-(1-naphthyl)ethylamines.

L. Chen et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2002, 12, 1679-1682: Focused library approach for identification of new N-acylphenylalanines as VCAM/VLA-4 antagonist.

G. Cretiu et al., J. Organometallic Chem. 2002, 659, 95-101: Difluorenylsilane derivatives, a class of compounds exhibiting strong intra- and intermolecular C-H...pi interactions. Crystal and molecular structures of bis(9-mehylfluoren-9-yl)dimethylsilane and (9-mehylfluoren-9-yl)(fluoren-9-yl)dimethylsilane.

D. J. Hill and J. S. Moore, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 2002, 99, 5053-5057: Helicogenicity of solvents in the conformational equilibrium of oligo(m-phenylene ethynylene)s: Implications for foldamer research.

Y. Miyake et al., Chem. Commun. 2002, 2132-2133: A novel molecular assembly mode of ferulic acid derivatives.

O. Takahashi et al., Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 2002, 75, 1777-1783: The conformation of 2-phenylpropionaldehyde and alkyl 1-phenylethyl ketones as evidenced by ab initio calculations. Relevance of the CH/pi and CH/O interactions in stereochemistry. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

M. Saviano et al., Macromolecules 2002, 35, 4204-4209: X-ray diffraction analysis and conformational energy computations of beta-turn and 3-10 helical peptides based on alpha-amino acids with an olefinic side chain. Implication for ring-closing metathesis.

D. V. Evans et al., New J. Chem. 2002, 26, 1043-1048: Intramolecular CH/pi interactions influence the conformation of N,N'-dibenzyl-4,13-diaza-18-crown-6 molecules.

Y. Kitahara, K. Tanaka, Chem. Commun. 2002, 932-933: Synthesis, crystal structure and properties of thiaheterohelicenes containing phenolic hydroxy functions.

A. Gulyani et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2002, 616, 103-112: Twisted aromatics, 9-anthryl and 1-pyrenyl terpyridines organize into novel multi-directional ladder-like' motifs in the solid state.

K. A. Atticks et al., Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2002, 90, 1440-1447: Structure and relative energies of the conformers of n-butyl cyanide and 5-hexynenitrile.

K. A. Atticks et al., Int. J. Quant. Chem. 2001, 85, 514-519: Three conformers observed and characterized in 1-hexyne.

M. Kitamura et al., J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2001, 123, 8939-8950: Stereochemistry of aldols: Configuuration and conformation of aldols derived from cycloalkanones and aldehydes.

M. Matsugi et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 8039-8042: Determination of stereochemistry and separation of diastereomeric derivatives of trans-2-pyridylcyclohexanols by extraction.

M. Matsugi et al., Tetrahedron Lett. 2001, 42, 8019-8022: A novel determination method of the absolute configuration of 1-aryl-1-alkylalcohols and amines by an intramolecular CH/pi shielding effect in 1H NMR.

K. Nikki et al., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 2001, 2370-2373: Remarkable changes in the conformation of n-alkanes with their carbon numbers and aromatic solvents.

S. Tsuzuki et al., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 2001, 1951-1955: Effects of CH/O and CH/pi interactions on the conformational preference of a crownophane core unit.

W. B. Jennings et al., Acc. Chem. Res. 2001, 34, 885-894: Attractive intramolecular edge-to-face aromatic interactions in flexible organic molecules. [Review]

F. Formaggio et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 2001, 84, 481-501: A chirally stable, atropoisomeric, C-alpha-tetrasubstituted alpha-amino acid: Incorporation into model peptides and conformational preference.

A. E. Koziol et al., Chem. Pharm. Bull. 2001, 49, 418-423: The molecular and crystal structure of tert-butyl N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-L-(s-trityl)cysteinate and the conformation stabilizing function of weak intermolecular bonding.

M. Tratteberg, et al., J. Molec. Struct. 2000, 556, 189-196: Structure and conformation of gaseous butyronitrile: CH-pi interaction?

H. Suezawa et al., J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 2 2000, 1243-1249: Electronic substituent effect on intramolecular CH/pi interaction as evidenced by NOE experiments. [See page 'Our papers' for abstract]

M. Hirota et al., J. Phys. Org. Chem. 2000, 13, 620-623: Intramolecular CH/pi interaction. Substituent effect as a probe for hydrogen bond-like character. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

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Y. Umezawa et al., Tetrahedron 1999, 55, 10047-10056: CH/pi interaction in the conformation of organic compounds. A database study. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

Y. Umezawa et al., Bioorg. Med. Chem. 1999, 7, 2021-2026: CH/pi interaction in the conformation of peptides. A database study. [See page 'Our papers' for Abstract]

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