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THE optical rotatory powers of steroidal compounds can be correlated by means of the method of molecular rotation differences, and such correlation has been shown to be of value in solving certain types of structural problem1. In some cases anomalies of optical rotatory power occur which cannot be ascribed to trivial causes, but which must be due to disturbing factors generally given the name 'vicinal action'.
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Barton, J. Chem. Soc., 813 (1945); 512, 1116 (1946). Compare Callow and Young, Proc. Roy. Soc., A, 157, 194 (1936); Kauzmann, Walter and Eyring, Chem. Rev., 26, 339 (1940); Wallis et al., J. Org. Chem., 6, 319 (1941); 7, 103 (1942).
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BARTON, D., COX, J. Vicinal Action in Steroids. Nature 159, 470–471 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/159470b0
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