A structurally simple minimal self-replicating system

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2002, Pages 7229-7233

  Quayle, Julie M ^a   Slawin, Alexandra M Z ^a   Philp, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPYRIDINE; AZIDE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MALEIMIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION;

EID: 0037201149     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(02)01613-1     Document Type: Article

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