Assembly-line synthesis of organic molecules with tailored shapes

Nature

Volumn 513, Issue 7517, 2014, Pages 183-188

  Burns, Matthew ^a   Essafi, Stéphanie ^a   Bame, Jessica R ^a   Bull, Stephanie P ^a   Webster, Matthew P ^a   Balieu, Sébastien ^a   Dale, James W ^b   Butts, Craig P ^a   Harvey, Jeremy N ^a   Aggarwal, Varinder K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVARTIS HORSHAM RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON; ESTER; METHYL GROUP; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; POLYKETIDE;

BENZENE; BORON; ESTER; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; HOMOLOGATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOCHEMISTRY; STEREOISOMERISM; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; STANDARD; SYNTHESIS;

CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; POLYKETIDES;

EID: 84907279720     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13711     Document Type: Article

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