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An extensive conformational analysis of 12-crown-4 was performed. A new method for the generation of the approximate geometry was proposed and applied. More than 100 new low energy conformations of the compound were calculated.

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Kostrowicki, J., Biernat, J.F. Conformational analysis of 12-crown-4. J Incl Phenom Macrocycl Chem 11, 205–214 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01061033

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