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Copyright © 2007 American Chemical Society
August 6, 2007 Cover
Volume 85, Issue 32
Volume 85, Issue 32
CHIRAL CHEMISTRY
Chemists are finding asymmetric synthesis increasingly handy for making pharmaceutical compounds at large scale
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August 6, 2007 Issue
Volume 85, Issue 32
August 6, 2007 Issue, Vol. 85 | Iss. 32
Chemists are finding asymmetric synthesis increasingly handy for making pharmaceutical compounds at large scale
(pp. 11-19)
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New Horizons Along Asymmetric Routes
Academic researchers describe new synthetic approaches at Chiral Chemistry meeting
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Chemists are finding asymmetric synthesis increasingly handy for making pharmaceutical compounds at large scale
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