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Stereoelectronic Effects in Nucleosides and Nucleotides

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An excellent review of this subject was published in 2005 by Chattopadhyaya et al. [1].

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Miljkovic, M. (2014). Stereoelectronic Effects in Nucleosides and Nucleotides. In: Electrostatic and Stereoelectronic Effects in Carbohydrate Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8268-0_6

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