Early history of asymmetric synthesis: Who are the scientists who set up the basic principles and the first experiments?

New Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1933-1937

  Kagan, Henri B ^a   Gopalaiah, Kovuru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

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Indexed keywords

TARTARIC ACID;

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; LIGHT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; WAR;

EID: 80053343884     PISSN: 11440546     EISSN: 13699261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1nj20216b     Document Type: Review

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