%0 Journal Article %T Atorvastatin (Lipitor) by MCR %J - %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00579 %X High Resolution Image Download MS PowerPoint Slide A concise and convergent synthesis of the atorvastatin, the best-selling cardiovascular drug of all time, is presented. Our approach is based on an Ugi reaction, which shortens the current synthetic route and is advantageous over the published syntheses %U https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.8b00579