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Heterocycles as classical and nonclassical ring B isosters in combretastatin A-4

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Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds Aims and scope

The minireview provides a survey of combretastatin A-4 analogs, obtained by isosteric replacement of 3-hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl ring (ring B) with various heterocyclic systems. The basic synthetic approaches and structure–activity relationships are summarized.

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Published in Khimiya Geterotsiklicheskikh Soedinenii, 2017, 53(3), 273–280

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Zefirov, N.A., Zefirova, O.N. Heterocycles as classical and nonclassical ring B isosters in combretastatin A-4. Chem Heterocycl Comp 53, 273–280 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-017-2049-1

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