A route to enantiopure RNA precursors from nearly racemic starting materials

Nature Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 704-706

  Hein, Jason E ^a   Tse, Eric ^a   Blackmond, Donna G ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLYCERALDEHYDE; OXAZOLE DERIVATIVE; RNA PRECURSOR;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; STEREOISOMERISM; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACIDS; GLYCERALDEHYDE; OXAZOLES; RNA PRECURSORS; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 80052136405     PISSN: 17554330     EISSN: 17554349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1108     Document Type: Article

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