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Aromatic Aldehydes as Specific Chromatographic Colour Reagents for Amino-Acids

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THOUGH some aromatic aldehydes have been used as amino-acid reagents1,2, it was thought that a survey of available aromatic aldehydes would lead to the discovery of colour reactions useful in amino-acid chromatography.

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CURZON, G., GILTROW, J. Aromatic Aldehydes as Specific Chromatographic Colour Reagents for Amino-Acids. Nature 173, 314–315 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173314a0

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