Nucleophilic phosphine organocatalysis: A practical synthetic strategy for the drug-like nitrogen heterocyclic framework construction

Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 836-844

  Wang, Yurong ^a   Pan, Jingjing ^a   Chen, Zhidong ^a   Sun, Xiaoqiang ^a   Wang, Zhiming ^a  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dihydropyrrole; Nitrogen heterocyclic compounds; Phosphine organocatalysis; Tetrahydropyridine

Indexed keywords

2,5 DIHYDROPYRROLE; AZIRIDINE; FUSED CARBON NITROGEN HETEROCYCLE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; MORPHOLINE DERIVATIVE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; TRIPHENYLPHOSPHINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CATALYSIS; CYCLOADDITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; IC 50; IMMUNITY; MICHAEL ADDITION; NUCLEOPHILICITY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANOCATALYSIS; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

CATALYSIS; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOSPHINES;

EID: 84876724799     PISSN: 13895575     EISSN: 18755607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1389557511313060006     Document Type: Review

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