Chiral atropisomeric naphthamides have been used as model compounds to
investigate solute interconversion phenomena in free solution and dur
ing liquid chromatography on a chiral stationary phase; energy barrier
s measured in the mobile phase (thermal racemization of enriched sampl
es) are 0.3-1.3 Kcal/mol lower than those measured in the stationary p
hase (computer simulation). (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.