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Tianeptine: enantiomeric separations, structural assignment, and biological interactions

Saba Aslani1, Jordan Nafie2, M Farooq Wahab1

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, 700 Planetarium Place, Arlington, TX, 76019, United States.

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Keywords:
Absolute configuration determinationFast chiral separationsPreparative chiral separationTianeptine enantiomersVibrational circular dichroism

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