Effect of pressure on the conformation of molecules (Modern aspects of physical chemistry at high pressure : the 50th commemorative volume)

Abstract

In general, pressure affects the sizes and shapes of molecules, and the purpose of this paper is to review what is known about the effect of pressure on the shapes of small molecules, as described by internal rotation angles. The principal investigations made so far are on the effect of freezing induced by pressure changes, the equilibria between conformational isomers in fluids, and the changes in the structure of molecules due to changes in internal rotation angle in both solids and liquids.