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Constructing Cyclic Peptides Using an On-Tether Sulfonium Center
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[Conformational analysis of cyclic dipeptides: I]

S F Arkhipova, I V Artem'ev, E A Goriacheva

    Bioorganicheskaia Khimiia
    |December 9, 2008
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