Antitumor Imidazotetrazines. 35. New Synthetic Routes to the Antitumor Drug Temozolomide

Journal of Organic Chemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 7288-7294

  Wang, Yongfeng ^a   Stevens, Malcolm F G ^a   Chan, Tze Ming ^b   DiBenedetto, Donald ^b   Ding, Zhe Xing ^b   Gala, Dinesh ^b   Hou, Donald ^b   Kugelman, Max ^b   Leong, William ^b   Kuo, Shen Chun ^b   Mas, Janet L ^b   Schumacher, Doris P ^b   Shutts, Bruce P ^b   Smith, Lyman ^b   Zhan, Zheng Yun J ^b   Thomson, William T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c Aston Molecules Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 AMINO 4 IMIDAZOLECARBOXAMIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBACHOL; CYANIDE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; METHYL ISOCYANATE; METHYLAMINE; PHOSGENE; SODIUM NITRITE; TARTARIC ACID; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TETRAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYCLIZATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; NITROSATION;

EID: 0030781341     PISSN: 00223263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jo970802l     Document Type: Article

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