User:Benjah-bmm27/degree/2/KIBM
Appearance
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Introduction[edit]
"Heterocyclic Compounds", Professor Kevin Booker-Milburn
Simple heterocycles[edit]
Pyrroles[edit]
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- Pyrrole
- Knorr pyrrole synthesis
- Pyrrole pharmaceuticals, e.g. atorvastatin
Furans[edit]
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Pyridines[edit]
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- Pyridine
- 2-Chloropyridines are excellent electrophiles for nucleophilic aromatic substitution
- Chichibabin reaction: pyridine + sodium amide → 2-aminopyridine
- 4-Dimethylaminopyridine
- Pyridine-N-oxides
- Picolines
- Pyridinium salts
- Hantzsch pyridine synthesis
- Guareschi-Thorpe synthesis of 2-pyridone