Strategies for Heterocyclic Construction via Novel Multicomponent Reactions Based on Isocyanides and Nucleophilic Carbenes

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 899-907

  Nair, Vijay ^a   Rajesh, C ^a   Vinod, A U ^a   Bindu, S ^a   Sreekanth, A R ^a   Mathen, J S ^a   Balagopal, Lakshmi ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYNE DERIVATIVE; AMPHOLYTE; CARBENOID; CYANIDE; DIMETHOXYCARBENE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ISOCYANIDE; QUINONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

COMBINATORIAL CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES; CYANIDES; CYCLIZATION; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROCARBONS; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEREOISOMERISM;

EID: 0348147693     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar020258p     Document Type: Review

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