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A chiral total synthesis of compactin

Masahiro Hirama, +1 more
- 01 Jul 1982 - 
- Vol. 104, Iss: 15, pp 4251-4253
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This article is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society.The article was published on 1982-07-01. It has received 94 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Total synthesis.

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