Snakes and ladders. The sigmatropic shiftamer concept

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 477-486

  Tantillo, Dean J ^a   Hoffmann, Roald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 33746888204     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar0680926     Document Type: Article

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