Efficient and homochiral selective oligomerization of racemic ribonucleotides on mineral surface

Chemistry Letters

Volumn , Issue 4, 2001, Pages 324-325

  Urata, Hidehito ^a   Aono, Chie ^a   Ohmoto, Norihiko ^a   Shimamoto, Yuko ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshiko ^a   Akagi, Masao ^a  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

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EID: 0035533530     PISSN: 03667022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1246/cl.2001.324     Document Type: Article

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