Regiocontrolled synthesis of highly-functionalized fused imidazoles: A novel synthesis of second generation LFA-1 inhibitors

Tetrahedron Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 6509-6511

  Frutos, Rogelio P ^a   Johnson, Michael ^a  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Imidazoles; LFA 1 inhibitors; Vinyl iodides

Indexed keywords

1H IMIDAZO[1,2 ALPHA]IMIDAZOL 2 ONE; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; RELIABILITY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0043199396     PISSN: 00404039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(03)01535-1     Document Type: Article

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