Is there no end to the total syntheses of strychnine? Lessons learned in strategy and tactics in total synthesis.

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Published in Angew Chem Int Ed Engl on March 19, 2012

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Jeffrey S Cannon1, Larry E Overman

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1: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697-2025, USA.

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