Solution-phase structures of gallium-containing pyrogallol[4]arene scaffolds.
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SUBMITTER: Kumari H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3485676 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May
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Solution-phase structures of gallium-containing pyrogallol[4]arene scaffolds.
Kumari Harshita H Kline Steven R SR Wycoff Wei G WG Paul Rick L RL Mossine Andrew V AV Deakyne Carol A CA Atwood Jerry L JL
Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 20120418 21
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