conformational analysis

noun

1. chem the study of the spatial arrangement of atoms or groups of atoms in a molecule and the way in which this influences chemical behaviour

Example Sentences

He was supervised by Derek Barton, a pioneer of conformational analysis — the idea that the reactivity of a molecule could predict its preferred 3D shape — who later won a Nobel prize.

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He had predecessors, of course, but it was Woodward who solved the general problem by proving that one could apply well-known principles of physical organic chemistry, conformational analysis and spectroscopy to essentially synthesize any molecule.

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