Introduction
edit"Heterocyclic Compounds", Professor Kevin Booker-Milburn
Simple heterocycles
editPyrroles
edit- Pyrrole
- Knorr pyrrole synthesis
- Pyrrole pharmaceuticals, e.g. atorvastatin
Furans
editPyridines
edit- 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