A molecular mechanics treatment of the anomeric effect

The tendency of CO bond lengths to change as a function of the torsional angles at an acetal carbon has been included in a new version of the molecular mechanics program MM2(82), based on the observed behavior of molecules of this class as indicated by ab initio calculations and experimental structural data. The experimental geometries and energies are reasonably well reproduced.

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