Circular Dichroism

NINA BEROVA, PhD, is a Professor and Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, New York. She is the North American Editor of the international journal Chirality. KOJI NAKANISHI, PhD, is Centennial Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University, New York. He is the recipient of many international awards and the Person of Cultural Merit Award (Japanese government). ROBERT W. WOODY, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State University, Fort Co

• PARTIAL TABLE OF CONTENTS: Circular Dichroism: An Introduction (G. Snatzke). From Pasteur to Parity Nonconservation: Theories of the Origin of Molecular Chirality (S. Mason). Theoretical Approach to Electronic Optical Activity (A. Koslowski, et al.). Vibrational Optical Acivity Theory (L. Nafie & T. Freedman). Fast Time-Resolved Circular Dichroism Measurements (D. Kliger & J. Lewis). The Octant Rule (D. Lightner). Circular Dichroism and Chirality of Dienes (J. Gawroski). Exciton Chirality Method: Principles and Applications (N. Berova & K. Nakanishi). A Model for How Polymers Amplify Chirality (M. Green). Induced CD or Polymers (E. Yashima & Y. Okamoto). Application of CD to the Study of Some Cholesteric Mesophase (G. Gottarelli & G. Spada). Circular Dichroism of Inorganic Complexes: Interpretation and Applications (R. Kuroda). Circular Dichroism of Peptides and Proteins (N. Sreerama & R. Woody). Peptide and Protein Conformational Studies with Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Related Spectroscopies (T. Keiderling). HPLC-CD: Stereochemical Analysis at Work (P. Salvadori, et al.). Applications of Chiroptical Spectroscopy in the Characterization of Compounds Having Pharmaceutical Importance (H. Brittain). Index.

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