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Robert Robinson and penicillin: an unnoticed document in the saga of its structure
Author(s) -
Curtis Rachel,
Jones John
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of peptide science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1387
pISSN - 1075-2617
DOI - 10.1002/psc.888
Subject(s) - penicillin , oxazolone , thiazolidine , set (abstract data type) , philosophy , stereochemistry , chemistry , classics , computer science , history , antibiotics , biochemistry , programming language
A description and commentary is given for an unnoticed sheet of formulae and arguments in the hand of Robert Robinson concerning the structure of penicillin. In this undated document, probably of Autumn 1944, he set out his arguments for favouring a thiazolidine‐oxazolone structure over the actual β‐lactam structure. Copyright © 2007 European Peptide Society and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.