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An Essay in Correlation Arising from Alkaloid Chemistry*

Nature volume 160, pages 815–817 (1947)Cite this article

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THE incident which I wish to describe is of peculiar interest, because it transpires that the behaviour of a natural product can only be explained in the light of knowledge comparatively recently acquired and never previously brought to bear in the analysis of a structural problem.

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ROBINSON, R. An Essay in Correlation Arising from Alkaloid Chemistry*. Nature 160, 815–817 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160815a0

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