Mustafa Tavasli

Publications (2)12.34 Total impact

• Article: The fluorine gauche effect. Langmuir isotherms report the relative conformational stability of (+/-)-erythro- and (+/-)-threo-9,10-difluorostearic acids.

  Mustafa Tavasli, David O'Hagan, Christopher Pearson, Michael C Petty
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  ABSTRACT: (+/-)-Erythro- and (+/-)-threo-9,10-difluorostearic acids, which differ only by a stereogenic interconversion of a single C-F bond, have significantly different conformational stabilities.
  Chemical Communications 07/2002; · 6.17 Impact Factor
• Article: Extreme enantiomeric discrimination of fluoroalkanes using deuterium NMR in chiral liquid crystalline media.

  Mustafa Tavasli, Jacques Courtieu, Rebecca J M Goss, Abdelkrim Meddour, David O'Hagan
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  ABSTRACT: The enantiomeric assay of fluoroalkanes using 2H-NMR in a chiral liquid crystalline medium is demonstrated, and at its limit the enantiomers of [5-(2)H]-5-fluorodecane were successfully resolved.
  Chemical Communications 05/2002; · 6.17 Impact Factor