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Sometimes chemistry is easy—mix a set of building blocks, link them together using a reversible covalent reaction and let molecular recognition take care of the rest. Such thermodynamically-controlled covalent synthesis enables exploration of molecular recognition with renewed vigour and access to new synthetic receptors with unprecedented efficiency.
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