Difluorotoluene, a thymine isostere, does not hydrogen bond after all

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Wang, X [1 ]
Houk, KN [1 ]
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[1] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Biochem & Chem, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
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10.1039/a807425i
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O6 [化学];
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The lack of significant hydrogen bonding by 2,4-difluorotoluene, an isostere of thymine, is confirmed by ab initio calculations and force field modelling of nucleic acids.
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