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Flory convention

The Flory convention for defining the variables involved on modeling the position vectors of atoms in macromolecules it is often necessary to convert from Cartesian coordinates (x,y,z) to generalized coordinates

Generalized coordinates

By deriving equations of motion in terms of a general set of generalized coordinates, the results found will be valid for any coordinate system that is ultimately specified." The name is a holdover from a period when Cartesian coordinates were the standard system....
. It is named after nobel prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
-winning Paul Flory

Paul Flory

Paul John Flory was an American chemist who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a leading pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution....
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As an example of its use, a peptide bond can be described by the x,y,z positions of every atom in this bond or the Flory convention can be used. Here one must know the bond length

Bond length

In molecular geometry, bond length or bond distance is the average distance between nuclei of two chemical bond atoms in a molecule....
s , bond angles , and the dihedral angle

Dihedral angle

In geometry, the angle between two Plane s is called their dihedral or torsion angle.The dihedral angle of two planes can be seen by looking at the planes "edge on", i.e., along their line of intersection....
s (note that the sequence of dihedral angles is specified using angle 0 as trans).

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The Flory convention for defining the variables involved on modeling the position vectors of atoms in macromolecules it is often necessary to convert from Cartesian coordinates (x,y,z) to generalized coordinates

Generalized coordinates

By deriving equations of motion in terms of a general set of generalized coordinates, the results found will be valid for any coordinate system that is ultimately specified." The name is a holdover from a period when Cartesian coordinates were the standard system....
. It is named after nobel prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
-winning Paul Flory

Paul Flory

Paul John Flory was an American chemist who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules. He was a leading pioneer in understanding the behavior of polymers in solution....
.

As an example of its use, a peptide bond can be described by the x,y,z positions of every atom in this bond or the Flory convention can be used. Here one must know the bond length

Bond length

In molecular geometry, bond length or bond distance is the average distance between nuclei of two chemical bond atoms in a molecule....
s , bond angles , and the dihedral angle

Dihedral angle

In geometry, the angle between two Plane s is called their dihedral or torsion angle.The dihedral angle of two planes can be seen by looking at the planes "edge on", i.e., along their line of intersection....
s (note that the sequence of dihedral angles is specified using angle 0 as trans). Applying a vector conversion from the Cartesian coordinates to the generalized coordinates will describe the same three-dimensional structure using the Flory convention.