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2. Katritzky, A.R. Handbook of Organic Chemistry; Pergamon Press:
Oxford,
1985; pp. 53-86.
3. Smith, D.H.; Masinter, L. M.; Sridharan, N. S. In Heuristic
DENDRAL: Analysis of Molecular Structure;
Wipke, W. T.;
Heller, S.R.; Feldrnann, R. J.; Hyde, E., Eds. Computer representation
and manipulation of chemical information. John Wiley:
New
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4. Cato, S.J. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Florida, 1987.
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Rigaudy, J.; Klesney, S. P. IUPAC
Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry;
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