Computer-aided organic synthesis - SESAM: A simple program to unravel "hidden" restructured starting materials skeleta in complex targets

European Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn , Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1409-1412

  Mehta, Goverdhan ^a   Barone, René ^b   Chanon, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Computer aided organic synthesis; Retrosynthetic disconnections; Retrosynthetic strategy; Starting materials strategy; Taxol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013147831     PISSN: 1434193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0690(199807)1998:7<1409::aid-ejoc1409>3.0.co;2-h     Document Type: Article

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29. We will make available this simple computer aid to the interested persons among the organic chemistry community to enable them to explore many new synthetic leads. A DOS version for PC compatibles is also available (contact R. B).