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A. C. Spivey, A. Capretta, C. S. Frampton, F. J. Leeper and A. R. Battersby
"Stereochemical Studies on the Proposed Spiro Intermediate for the Biosynthesis of the Natural Porphyrins: Determination by a Novel X-Ray Method of the Absolute Configuration of the Spirolactam which Inhibits Cosynthetase"
J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun.,1995, 1789-1790. Full Text

A novel X-ray analysis, combined with correlations by circular dichroism, has been used to establish the R-configuration at the stereocentre in that enantiomer of the spirolactam which strongly inhibits uroporphyrinogen III synthase.

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