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THE existence of tautomeric forms of penicillic acid was first postulated by Birkinshaw, Oxford arid Raistrick1. Recent workers have tended to the view that the hypothesis of tautomerism was not needed to explain the chemical properties of penicillic acid2.
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MUNDAY, C. Tautomerism of Penicillic Acid. Nature 163, 443–444 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/163443b0
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