Overview

Features chapters that focus on the synthesis of a particular product: complex carbohydrates, cyclitols, polyethers, terpenes, aromatic heterocycles, carboaromatics and cyclic peptides. This work describes methods for introducing asymmetric stereocenters by employing chiral auxiliaries and chiral reagents in a catalytic and stoichiometric manner.

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Author:   Karl Hale (University College London, England, UK) ,  Karlene K Hale ,  Karl Hale (University College London, England, UK)
Publisher:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.789kg
ISBN:  

9780849397486

ISBN 10:   0849397480
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   25 April 2000
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Strategies for the Chemical Synthesis of Complex Carbohydrates. Synthetic Pathways to Naturally-Occurring Cyclitols and Their Derivatives. The Synthesis of Nucleosides, Nucleotides, Analogues, and Related Compounds. Polyether Total Synthesis. Total Synthesis of Macrolide Natural Products. The Synthesis of Novel Aliphatic Natural Products. Highlights in the Chemical Synthesis of Terpenes and Terpenoids. Strategies for Building and Modifying Naturally-Occurring Steroids. Highlights in the Synthesis of Carboaromatic Natural Products. Synthesis of Ene-diynes and Dienediynes. Recent Developments in the Chemical Synthesis of Naturally-Occurring Aromatic Heterocycles. Important Developments in the Total Synthesis of Alkaloids. The Chemical Synthesis of Linear Peptides and Amino Acids. Totally Synthetic Pathways to Naturally-Occurring Cyclic Peptides. Some Highlights in the Total Synthesis of Naturally-Occurring Cyclodepsipeptides. Glossary of Important Reactions Used in Modern-day Natural Product Total Synthesis.

Reviews

Each chapter is well referenced and the book contains a useful index. Hale's excellent job of selecting and instructing authors and editing chapters has resulted in a volume having uniformly high quality and readability. The book is packed with interesting chemistry. Synthetic organic and natural product chemists will find the book interesting and useful. Libraries serving organic, medicinal and natural products chemists should hold this book. - David S. Fries, Ph.D., in Phytomedicine

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