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Weak C-H…O hydrogen bonds in alkaloids: An overview

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An overview of general classification scheme, medicinal importance and crystal structure analysis with emphasis on the role of hydrogen bonding in some alkaloids is presented in this paper. The article is based on a general kind of survey while crystallographic analysis and role of hydrogen bonding are limited to only those alkaloids whose three-dimensional structure has been reported by us. The C-H…O hydrogen bonding in the solid state in alkaloids has been found to be predominant and this observation makes the role of hydrogen bonding in organic molecular assemblies very important.

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Rajnikant, Dinesh & Kamni Weak C-H…O hydrogen bonds in alkaloids: An overview. Bull Mater Sci 28, 187–198 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02711246

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