The albatrossenes: Large, cleft-containing, polyphenyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 119, Issue 31, 1997, Pages 7291-7302

  Tong, Ling ^a   Ho, Douglas M ^a   Vogelaar, Nancy J ^a   Schutt, Clarence E ^a   Pascal Jr , Robert A ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030840656     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja971261k     Document Type: Article

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