Heterocyclic Chemistry at a Glance

214 Index

Ve r t e p o r fi n (Visudyne) 179
Viagra 169, 175
Vidaza 178
Vilsmeier reaction
intramolecular, on N-propionyltryptamine 88
mechanism 12
Vinamidinium salts
synthesis 46
synthetic equivalents of 1,3-diketones 46
Vincristine 178
Vinyl acetate, synthetic equivalent of ethyne in Diels-Alder
reactions 135
Vinylogous amide 45
Visudyne 179
Vitamin B 1 (Thiamin) 159, 161, 162
Vitamin B 2 (Ribofl avin) 160
Vitamin B 3 (Niacin or Nicotinamide) 159, 160
Vitamin B 6 (Pyridoxine) 159–161
Vitamin B 12 (Cyanocobalamin) 162
Vitamin H (Biotin) 162
Vitamins 159–162

Warfarin 184

Weinreb amide 84

Wheland intermediate 11

Worms, see Helminths

Xanax 173

Xanthine oxidase 126, 159

Xanthine 124

Xanthopterin 159

Ylides 113

Yne-ones, synthetic equivalents of 1,3-diketones 19, 46

Zantac 170

Zidovudine 177

Zincke’s salt, reaction with primary amine 65

Zofran 172

Zolpidem (Ambien) 173

Zovirax 177

Zylon-PBO 182

Zyprexa 167