Illustration of the AFIR method for retrosynthetic reaction pathways (IMAGE)

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Illustration of the AFIR method for retrosynthetic reaction pathways

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The AFIR method traces back the reaction of endiandric acid C methyl ester, a 52-atom natural product, to its starting materials using only quantum chemical calculations. (Tsuyoshi Mita et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society. November 30, 2022)

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Tsuyoshi Mita et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society. November 30, 2022

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