The Chemical Synthesis of Natural Products

As a chemist, you may be called on to generate any number of products efficiently and quickly. A well-equipped, shrewd chemist will be prepared to accomplish this goal under any circumstance. The Chemical Synthesis of Natural Products helps you become this chemist - the master of major, recent developments who uses the progress of the past decade to their advantage. Each of the chapters concentrates on the synthesis of a particular product: complex carbohydrates, cyclitols, polyethers, terpenes, aromatic heterocycles, carboaromatics, cyclic peptides, and others. This product-driven presentation from expert authors offers a practical introduction to the latest advanced methods. The final section is an invaluable glossary for the synthetic chemist. This list of terms concisely defines key reactions, reagents, and synthetic methods. It includes oxidation and reduction, the stereoselective creation of carbon-carbon double bonds, and strategies for joining together large molecules. The glossary also describes useful methods for introducing asymmetric stereocenters by employing chiral auxiliaries and chiral reagents in a catalytic and stoichiometric manner. With all of the accessible information it holds, The Chemical Synthesis of Natural Products is an ideally structured introduction to the newest trends and major issues in the discipline. Its sweeping overview, concise glossary, and accessible list of supplementary readings make an indispensable reference to which you will turn time and again.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849397480
• ISBN13: 9780849397486
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: Blackwell
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 1.3" x 6.0"