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Solid-phase synthesis: a paradigm shift.

Garland R Marshall
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A personal review by the first graduate student of Professor R. Bruce Merrifield of the evolution of solid-phase synthesis and its acceptance by various subsets of the chemistry community. Solid-phase synthesis, as currently practised in the synthesis of biopolymers, combinatorial solid-phase organic chemistry, synthesis of natural products, catalyst selection, chemical ligation and materials development, has proven a paradigm shift for the chemistry community.

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Garland R Marshall. 2003. Solid-phase synthesis: a paradigm shift.. https://doi.org/10.1002/psc.478

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