Trials of phenanthrene opioids functionalization with hindered polycyclic carboxylic acids

Subject Areas : Phytochemistry: Isolation, Purification, Characterization

Alessandro Venditti ¹ , Ambra Pallotti ² , Armandodoriano Bianco ³

1 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
2 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
3 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

Received: 2019-05-22 Accepted : 2019-08-26 Published : 2019-09-01

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