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The Melanin Problem : a Synthesis of 5 : 6-Dihydroxy-Indole and Its Derivatives

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A COMMUNICATION by Robertson et al.1 under this title makes it necessary for us to record that we have been working on almost identical lines.

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  1. King‘s College of Household and Social Science, London, W.8

    H. BURTON & J. A. DUFFIELD

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BURTON, H., DUFFIELD, J. The Melanin Problem : a Synthesis of 5 : 6-Dihydroxy-Indole and Its Derivatives. Nature 161, 725 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161725a0

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