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Synthesis of pyrroles from heterocyclic compounds (review)

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Current information on methods of forming a pyrrole ring from heterocyclic compounds is systematized and generalized. Reaction schemes are discussed.

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Translated from Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, No. 3, pp. 291–308, March, 1989.

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Sobenina, L.N., Mikhaleva, A.I. & Trofimov, B.A. Synthesis of pyrroles from heterocyclic compounds (review). Chem Heterocycl Compd 25, 237–253 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00472377

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