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The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intractable beta-lactam structure or "enchanted ring," proved to be one of the most difficult problems ever undertaken by organic chemists. In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synthesizing penicillin after others had given up, recounts the discovery and development of this remarkable drug.Sheehan, John C. is the author of 'Enchanted Ring The Untold Story of Penicillin', published 1984 under ISBN 9780262690850 and ISBN 0262690853.
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