Cover Picture: Asararenes—A Family of Large Aromatic Macrocycles (Chem. Eur. J. 12/2013). Issue 12 (8th March 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schneebeli, Severin T.; Cheng, Chuyang; Hartlieb, Karel J.; Strutt, Nathan L.; Sarjeant, Amy A.; Stern, Charlotte L.; Stoddart, J. Fraser
• Is Part Of: Chemistry. Volume 19:Issue 12(2013)
• Page Start: 3777
• Page End: 3777
• Publication Date: 2013-03-08
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/chem.201390037
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-6539

Abstract

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