Determination of the absolute configuration of phosphinic analogues of glutamate

Bruno Commare1, Delphine Rigault, Isabelle A Lemasson

  • 1Laboratoire de Chimie & Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, UMR CNRS 8601, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 45, rue des Saints-Pères 75270, Paris cedex 06, France. francine.acher@parisdescartes.fr.

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