title: One hundred years of Meldrum's acid: advances in the synthesis of pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives.
abstract: A general review (138 references) focused on the recent advances in the application of Meldrum's acid reactivity for synthesis of diverse pyridine and pyrimidine derivatives, mostly small and drug-like molecules is presented.
authors.affiliation: State Institution V Ya Danilevsky Institute of Endocrine Pathology Problems, Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Kharkov, Ukraine. lipson@ukr.net
authors.forename: Victoria V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: Nikolay Yu
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Gorobets
mesh_terms: D004146:Dioxanes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011725:Pyridines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004146:Dioxanes; D011725:Pyridines; D011743:Pyrimidines; C076489:Meldrum's acid; C030986:pyrimidine; C023666:pyridine