Derek Harold Richard Barton

Every chemical reaction has a transition state. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

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Many transition states have a well-defined preferred geometrical requirement. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

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The first serious applications were in triterpenoid chemistry. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

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X-Ray crystallography is nowadays an accurate and rapid method of determining conformation in the crystal lattice, which conformation usually corresponds to the preferred conformation in solution. ↗

— Derek Harold Richard Barton

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