One-pot synthesis and its practical application in pharmaceutical industry

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 873-897

  Zhao, Wenyi ^a   Chen, Fen Er ^b  

^a Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co Inc   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cascade reaction; Multicomponent reaction; One pot synthesis; Tandem reaction; Telescoping

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876918930     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157017912803901619     Document Type: Review

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