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Optically Active Tricyclo[6.4.0.0 4,9 ]dodecane
Author(s) -
Buding Hartmuth,
Musso Hans
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.197808511
Subject(s) - optical rotation , dodecane , optically active , enantiomer , rotation (mathematics) , molecule , chemistry , crystallography , physics , stereochemistry , optics , mathematics , organic chemistry , geometry
Chiral molecules without measurable optical rotation are rare. In the case of the enantiomers (1a) and (1b) , which were synthesized as potential new examples, the prediction of negligible optical rotation proved to be false. The rotations of ca. −30 and +27° could be due to the twisted chair form of the rings.