An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles

Marcus Baumann and Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.265

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An overview of the synthetic routes to the best selling drugs containing 6-membered heterocycles
Marcus Baumann and Ian R. Baxendale
Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.9.265

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Baumann, M.; Baxendale, I. R. Beilstein J. Org. Chem. 2013, 9, 2265–2319. doi:10.3762/bjoc.9.265

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