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Internet Electronic Journal of Molecular Design - IEJMD, ISSN 1538-6414, CODEN IEJMAT
| ABSTRACT - Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. September 2002, Volume 1, Number 9, 428-442 |
The Topological Index Z Before and After 1971
Haruo Hosoya
Internet Electron. J. Mol. Des. 2002, 1, 428-442
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Abstract:
The author's first paper on the topological index Z was published in
Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. in 1971, where good correlation was found
between the boiling points of alkane isomers and their Z values. This
idea is based on the author's unpublished work performed in 1957,
when the boiling points of octane isomers were predicted by
scrutinizing the structural dependency of boiling points of alkanes up
to heptane. Behind stories inside and outside of the country before and
after the birth of Z index are introduced. Several academic encounters
of the author and reactions of the contemporary chemists to the new
idea are also described. In the end some aspects of QSAR problems for
octane isomers are introduced.
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