Chapter 2 Chemistry and biology of β-lactams as anticancer agents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Forward IX
4. A brief professional profile of Prof. Sreekantha B. Jonnalagadda XI
5. Contents XIII
6. Chapter 1 Some commercially available β-lactam antibiotics 1
7. Chapter 2 Chemistry and biology of β-lactams as anticancer agents 39
8. Chapter 3 Role of four-membered heterocycles in drugs and drug designing 59
9. Chapter 4 Synthesis of pyrrole-substituted β-lactams by diverse catalytic methods 97
10. Chapter 5 Applications of greener methodologies in the synthesis of bioactive oxetanes 115
11. Chapter 6 Four-membered heterocycles via photochemical means 149
12. Chapter 7 Applications of Paternò-Büchi reactions for the construction of four-membered heterocycles 191
13. Chapter 8 Synthesis of four-membered heterocycles by microwave irradiation 215
14. Chapter 9 Synthesis of four-membered heterocycles under electrolysis 235
15. Chapter 10 Organocatalyzed synthesis of four-membered heterocycles 249
16. Chapter 11 Applications of four-membered heterocycles to construct higher-membered heterocycles 269
17. Chapter 12 Industrial applications of four-membered heterocycles 299
18. Index 333