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Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Barriers to Hindered Rotation in Acetic Acid, Acetamide, and Peptide Radicals D. Suryanarayana and M. D. Sevilla" Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan 48063 (Received December 20, 1978) Publication costs assisted by the U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Center and the U.S.Department of Energy
Activation energies for methyl group rotation in the radicals of type H3C-C
