Dual-action acid/base- and base/acid-controllable molecular switch

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 3223-3226

  Yen, Ming Liang ^a   Li, Wan Sheung ^b   Lai, Chien Chen ^c,d   Chao, Ito ^b   Chiu, Sheng Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33746931192     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol060988n     Document Type: Article

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