Conclusions
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The gauche conformation relative to the C-C bond is predominant for the 3-hydroxy- and 3-methoxypropionitriles.
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The attractive interaction stabilizing the GG conformation of 3-hydroxypropionitrile is the electrostatic attraction of oppositely oriented C-CN and H-O dipoles.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 9, pp. 2114–2115, September, 1987.
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Strobykina, I.Y., Kataev, V.E. & Vereshchagin, A.N. Structure of 3-hydroxy- and 3-methoxypropionitriles. Russ Chem Bull 36, 1965–1966 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00958360
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