title: A quantum chemical study of racemization pathways in substituted chrysene derivatives.
abstract: The potential-energy surfaces of 5,11-disubstituted 6,12-dimethoxychrysene and chrysene-6,12-dione derivatives were investigated by means of density functional calculations. We report relative energies of all conformers and an identification of the racemisation pathways of the chiral equilibrium structures. By analysis of homodesmotic reactions we were able to obtain an estimate for the strain energy of the substituted compounds. This strain energy can be used as a means of measuring the steric effects exerted by the substituents.
authors.affiliation: Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Egerlandstrasse 3, Germany.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kind
authors.forename: Andreas W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: Bernd A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Hess