Twisted Amides (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Twisted Amides

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The single crystal structure analysis showed that the planar amide molecules were twisted up to 34 degrees inside the cage. The rate of hydrolysis by a base was accelerated by a factor of five.

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