Publication
Title
A confidence level algorithm for the determination of absolute configuration using vibrational circular dichroism or Raman optical activity
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Abstract
Spectral comparison is an important part of the assignment of the absolute configuration (AC) by vibrational circular dichroism (VCD), or equally by Raman optical activity (ROA). In order to avoid bias caused by personal interpretation, numerical methods have been developed to compare measured and calculated spectra. Using a neighbourhood similarity measure, the agreement between a computed and measured VCD or ROA spectrum is expressed numerically to introduce a novel confidence level measure. This allows users of vibrational optical activity (VOA) techniques (VCD and ROA) to assess the reliability of their assignment of the AC of a compound. To that end, a database of successful AC determinations is compiled along with neighbourhood similarity values between the experimental spectrum and computed spectra for both enantiomers. For any new AC determination, the neighbourhood similarities between the experimental spectrum and the computed spectra for both enantiomers are projected on the database allowing an interpretation of the reliability of their assignment.
Language
English
Source (journal)
ChemPhysChem : a European journal of chemical physics and physical chemistry. - Weinheim, 2000 - 2015
Publication
Weinheim : Wiley-VCH , 2011
ISSN
1439-4235 [print]
1439-7641 [online]
DOI
10.1002/CPHC.201100050
Volume/pages
12 :8 (2011) , p. 1542-1549
ISI
000290865800018
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
CalcUA as central calculation facility: supporting core facilities.
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Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 19.07.2011
Last edited 22.01.2024
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