Figure 3.

Salicylic acid’s (a) open conformation, favorable in an aqueous environment, and (b) closed conformation, favorable in alkane solution. The COSMO surface is depicted in the form of a color map.

Salicylic acid’s (a) open conformation, favorable in an aqueous environment, and (b) closed conformation, favorable in alkane solution. The COSMO surface is depicted in the form of a color map.