ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Short cuts to complexity

被引:4
作者
Charette, Andre B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Montreal, Dept Chem, Montreal, PQ H3C 3J7, Canada
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D O I
10.1038/456451a
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The credit crunch is forcing people to tighten their belts, but chemists have long known the benefits of being economical with atoms. The latest synthesis of an anticancer agent shows how effective parsimony can be.
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