Drug Discovery with Privileged Building Blocks : Tactics in Medicinal Chemistry (Paperback)

Preface 1. Alkynes; 2. Azaindoles; 3. Azetidines; 4. Bicyclic Pyridines Containing Ring-junction N; 5. Bicyclo (1.1.1)pentyl (BCP) as an sp3 Carbon-rich Bioisostere for para-Phenyl and tert-Butyl Groups; 6. Bicyclo[2.2.2]octane (BCO) as A 3D-rich Bioisotere for the para-Phenyl Group; 7. Bicyclo[3.1.0]hexanes; 8. Bridge-Fused Rings as m-Phenyl Bioisosteres; 9. Cubanes, Are We There Yet?; 10. Cyclobutanes; 11. Cyclohexanes; 12. Cyclopentanes; 13. Cyclopropanes as Metabolically More Robust Bioisoteres for Linear Alkyl Substituents; 14. Deazapurines; 15. Furopyridines; 16. Indazoles; 17. Indoles; 18. Oxetanes; 19. Piperidine, the Enchanted Ring; 20. Pyrazines; 21. Pyrazoles; 22. Pyridazines; 23. Pyridines - The Magic of Phenyl-Pyridyl Switch; 24. Pyrimidines; 25. Pyrrolidines; 26. Pyrrolotriazines; 27. Spiroazetidines; 28. Spirocyclic Piperidines; 29. Spirocyclic pyrrolidines; 30. Spirooxetanes; 31. Tetrahydropyrans; 32. Trifluoromethylpyridines. Index