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WE are investigating the configurational relationships existing among a group of optically active analgesics all of which possess one asymmetric centre. In ‘Methadone’ and related compounds it has been shown1–3 that almost the whole of the analgesic activity resides in one of the isomers.
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BECKETT, A., CASY, A. Stereochemistry of Certain Analgesics. Nature 173, 1231–1232 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/1731231a0
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