This was not so much an advance but a remarkable observation. We have since learned that these clathrates are entirely impractical. The problem is not so much their dextrorotatory properties, which are more or less a nuisance, but that they are too dense and have absolutely no affinity for other compounds.
James On Apr 1, 2011, at 3:39 AM, REX PALMER wrote: > Dear Protein Crystallographers > I would like to share with you something I came across today. Unfortunately I > was only able to copy the first 4 pages of the article by MV King as I need > to post the email before 12am and the quality of the copy is somewhat > lacking. I was wondering if anyone knows if anything came of the proposed > method of heavy atom substitution as a Google Scholar search has failed to > bring anything up. > Best wishes > > Rex Palmer > Birkbeck College, London > <King_1.jpg><King_2.jpg><King_3.jpg><KIng_4.jpg>
