Gilbert stork: In his own words and in the musings of his friends

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3012-3023

  Seeman, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Columbia University; history of chemistry; natural products chemistry; Stork, Gilbert; synthetic methods

Indexed keywords

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY; HISTORY OF CHEMISTRY; NATURAL PRODUCTS CHEMISTRY; STORK, GILBERT; SYNTHETIC METHODS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY;

PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

EID: 84858234695     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: 15213773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201200033     Document Type: Article

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