Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol.101, No.33, 5949-5952, 1997
Molecular dynamics study of the conformational properties of branched alkanes
Molecular dynamics simulations were carried out to study the conformational properties of branched alkanes (C40H82) The populations of different isomeric conformers, cooperative transitions, and transition rates by analyzing a trajectory at 450 K in the gas phase were calculated. The results extracted from the molecular dynamics trajectory were mostly in very good agreement with the results for previously simulated n-alkanes.