It does not seem, however, that organic chemists were much worried about barriers to rotation in organic molecules in general at that time because there was no technique available to demonstrate the phenomenon experimentally.
-- Derek Harold Richard Barton
   
Derek Harold Richard Barton   Name:
Derek Harold Richard Barton
Type:
Scientist
Nationality:
British
Birth:
September 8, 1918
Death:
March 16, 1998
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