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4. (c) Georg, G. I. In The Organic Chemistry of β-Lactams; VCH Publishers: New York, 1992.
5. (d) Bose, A. K.; Manhas, M. S.; Banik, B. K.; Srirajan, V. In The Amide Linkage: Selected Structural Aspects in Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Material Science; Greenberg, A., Breneman, C. M., Liebman, J. F., Eds.; Wiley–Interscience: New York, 2000; p 157, Chapter 7 (β-Lactams: Cyclic Amides of Distinction).