Enantiopure sulfinyl azobenzenes as chiroptical switches

Organic Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 2869-2872

  Carreño, M Carmen ^a   García, Isabel ^a   Ribagorda, María ^a   Merino, Estíbaliz ^a   Pieraccini, Silvia ^b   Spada, Gian Piero ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 22244482791     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol050789o     Document Type: Article

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