Recent advances in multicomponent reactions for diversity-oriented synthesis

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 371-382

  Biggs Houck, James E ^a   Younai, Ashkaan ^a   Shaw, Jared T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID ANHYDRIDE; ALDEHYDE; AMINE; BORONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ISONITRILE DERIVATIVE; OXINDOLE; SPRIOOXINDOLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLYLATION; ASYMMETRIC CATALYSIS; BIGINELLI REACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYCLIZATION; HANTZSH REACTION; MULTICOMPONENT REACTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

ANHYDRIDES; BORONIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL PROCESSES; DRUG DISCOVERY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES;

EID: 77952542304     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2010.03.003     Document Type: Review

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