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Synthesis of β-carbolines (microreview)

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β-Carbolines are an important class of heterocyclic compounds because of their broad spectrum of biological profiles. Consequently, many methodologies have been described to construct the β-carboline scaffold. This microreview summarizes these newly developed synthetic approaches.

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  1. Directorate of Drug Substance Development, Egis Pharmaceuticals Plc, P. O. B. 100, 1475, Budapest, Hungary

    Mátyás Milen

  2. Institute of Organic Chemistry, Research Centre for Natural Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, P. O. B. 286, 1519, Budapest, Hungary

    Péter Ábrányi-Balogh

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Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2016, 52(12), 996–998

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Milen, M., Ábrányi-Balogh, P. Synthesis of β-carbolines (microreview). Chem Heterocycl Comp 52, 996–998 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-017-1997-9

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