Synthesis of the potent analgesic compound (±)-epibatidine using an orchestrated multi-step sequence of polymer supported reagents

Journal of the Chemical Society - Perkin Transactions 1

Volumn , Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1253-1255

  Habermann, Jörg ^a   Ley, Steven V ^a   Scott, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33746458894     PISSN: 0300922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a901802f     Document Type: Article

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