An AAAA-DDDD quadruple hydrogen-bond array

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 244-248

  Blight, Barry A ^a   Hunter, Christopher A ^b   Leigh, David A ^a   McNab, Hamish ^a   Thomson, Patrick I T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79951981223     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.987     Document Type: Article

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