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. 2017 Mar 1;100(1):63–79. doi: 10.3184/003685017X14876775256129

A Hundred Years in the Elucidation of the Structures of Natural Products

James R Hanson 1,
PMCID: PMC10367494  PMID: 28693673

Abstract

The development in the strategies for elucidating the structures of natural products from 1916 to 2016 are reviewed revealing the transition from chemical to spectroscopic methods and using examples drawn from the chemistry of terpenoids and steroids.

Keywords: chemical degradation, spectroscopy, terpenes, steroids

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