Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780078021558
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 23, Problem 23.54P
Clopidogrel is the generic name for Plavix, a drug used to prevent the formation of blood clots in patients that
have a history of heart attacks or strokes. A single enantiomer of clopidogrel can be prepared in three steps
from the chiral
configuration of the enantiomer formed by this route as
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Ch. 23 - Problem 23.1 Draw the enol or keto tautomer(s) of...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.2PCh. 23 - Problem 23.3 When phenylacetaldehyde is dissolved...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.4PCh. 23 - Problem 23.5 Which bonds in the following...Ch. 23 - Prob. 23.6PCh. 23 - Prob. 23.7PCh. 23 - Prob. 23.8PCh. 23 - Prob. 23.9PCh. 23 - Prob. 23.10P
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