Recent Advances in Solution-PhaseMulticomponent Methodology for the Synthesis of HeterocyclicCompounds

Following the increased interest from the pharmaceutical industry for the generation of diverse libraries of heterocyclic compounds, scientific efforts have become more and more focused on the development of novel multi-component procedures as a means of gaining rapid access to such compounds. Initially, the development of solid-phase procedures received considerable attention. However, current efforts are increasingly concerned with the development of solution-phase procedures. The latter will be the subject of discussion in this review, which aims to give an overview of the progress made in the past decade.