An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals

Marcus Baumann, Ian R. Baxendale, Steven V. Ley and Nikzad Nikbin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.7.57

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An overview of the key routes to the best selling 5-membered ring heterocyclic pharmaceuticals
Marcus Baumann, Ian R. Baxendale, Steven V. Ley and Nikzad Nikbin
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.7.57

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Baumann, M.; Baxendale, I. R.; Ley, S. V.; Nikbin, N. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2011, 7, 442–495. doi:10.3762/bjoc.7.57

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