Chemical Society reviews, 33(9), 599-609 (2004-12-14)
The development of methodologies for the formation of carbon-carbon double bonds could be considered one of the most important challenges in organic synthesis. To this end, beta-elimination reactions in 1,2-difunctionalised substrates have been one of the most important means of
In patients with bone pain due to metastatic disease, intravenous systemic radioisotope therapy may be a useful adjunct to other methods for palliating pain. Various studies have been performed utilizing a short-lived radioisotope conjugated to a tetraphosphonate (samarium 153 lexidronam)
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 120(3), 245-255 (2000-03-21)
This review deals with the rapid reduction of a variety of organic functionalities, including a new selective reduction of carboxylic acid, with samarium diiodide in the presence of additives under mild conditions. The single electron donor ability of samarium diiodide
Expert review of anticancer therapy, 7(11), 1517-1527 (2007-11-21)
Radiation therapy can be an effective means to treat bone metastases, which occur in more than 50% of cancer patients. (153)Samarium lexidronam ((153)Sm-EDTMP; Quadramet, Cytogen) is a radiopharmaceutical designed for deposition into bone metastases. Bone scans can identify patients that
Samarium(II)-iodide-mediated cyclizations in natural product synthesis.
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