Photoremovable protecting groups: reaction mechanisms and applications

Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences - Tập 1 Số 7 - Trang 441-458 - 2002
Anna Paola Pelliccioli1, Jakob Wirz1
1Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Universität Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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