Studies of Kerr effect and H-1 and C-13 NMR spectra of 2-substituted 3-gamm
a-chloropropyl- and 3-beta-chloroethyl-1,4-naphthoquinones are reported. Th
e analysis of the experimental data indicates that the studied compounds ex
ist in solution predominantly in the anti-peri-planar (ap) form. Formation
of cyclic structures stabilized by local intermolecular interactions was no
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