Improved synthesis of Watasenia preluciferin

Heterocycles

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1669-1672

  Kakoi, Hisac ^a   Inoue, Shoji ^a  

^a MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001633393     PISSN: 03855414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3987/COM-98-8207     Document Type: Article

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