Total synthesis of (±)-morphine

Organic Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5311-5313

  Uchida, Kenji ^a   Yokoshima, Satoshi ^a   Kan, Toshiyuki ^a   Fukuyama, Tohru ^a  

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Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; SYNTHESIS;

MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHINE;

EID: 33845243310     PISSN: 15237060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ol062112m     Document Type: Article

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