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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs
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Development of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysts using Chiral Metal-Organic Frameworks MOFs

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Construction of dual-chiral covalent organic frameworks for enantioselective separation

Juanqiong Ma1, Wenyi Huang1, Xinyu Huang1

  • 1School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, 510006, China.

Journal of Chromatography. A
|May 26, 2024
PubMed

Keywords:
Chiral separationChiral stationary phasesCovalent organic frameworksRecognition mechanism

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