Abstract
The Bestmann–Ohira reagent serves as a versatile platform for the regioselective construction of pyrazoles, triazoles, and oxazoles via a cycloaddition reaction and multicomponent reaction. In this review, we have summarized the most significant advances in the Bestmann–Ohira reagent (BOR)–assisted construction of functionalized five–membered heterocycles reported in the literature up to 2012.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
C. B. is thankful to the University Grant Commission, New Delhi, India, for providing financial support in the form of teacher fellowship. S. N. thanks the Department of Science and Technology, government of India, for providing Fast Track Grant No. 061/2011.