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N-(Hetero)aryl-2-imidazolines: an emerging privileged motif for contemporary drug design

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The diverse biological activities of compounds containing N-(hetero)aryl-2-imidazoline moiety and methods to construct them are comprehensively reviewed for the first time. This intriguing non-flat, cyclic amidine motif clearly represents an emerging privileged structure.

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Krasavin, M. N-(Hetero)aryl-2-imidazolines: an emerging privileged motif for contemporary drug design. Chem Heterocycl Comp 53, 240–255 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10593-017-2047-3

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