Greener and sustainable approaches to the synthesis of pharmaceutically active heterocycles

Current Opinion in Drug Discovery and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 723-737

  Polshettiwar, V ^a   Varma, R S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous medium; Drug discovery; Green chemistry; Heterocycles; Microwave irradiation

Indexed keywords

BENZOXAZINE DERIVATIVE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ISOCHROMAN DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; NITRONE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLOADDITION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; REVIEW; SCIENCE; SYNTHESIS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRUG DESIGN; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WATER;

EID: 35949000098     PISSN: 13676733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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