Extroverted confusion - Linus pauling, Melvin Calvin, and porphyrin isomers

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 50, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4272-4277

  Senge, Mathias O ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

cofactors; history of chemistry; macrocycles; Pauling, Linus; porphyrinoids

Indexed keywords

COFACTORS; HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; MACROCYCLES; PAULING, LINUS; PORPHYRINOIDS;

ISOMERS;

PORPHYRINS;

PORPHYRIN;

CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; ISOMERISM; REVIEW;

CHEMISTRY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; ISOMERISM; PORPHYRINS;

EID: 79955512615     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201003660     Document Type: Review

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