Synthesis of Marine Natural Products 2 : Nonterpenoids

Synthesis of Marine Natural Products 2 : Nonterpenoids - Bioorganic Marine Chemistry

Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 1992

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Publisher's Synopsis

Volumes five and six of Bioorganic Marine Chemistry differ from their predecessors in two respects - they deal exclusively with laboratory synthesis of marine natural products and they represent the effort of a single author and his associates. The rationale for these departures is readily perceived. For several decades organic synthesis has without doubt been the most spectacular branch of organic chemistry. While the late R.B. Woodward's dictum - organic compounds can undergo only four basic reactions: they can gain electrons; they can lose electrons; they can be transformed with acid or with base - is still true, the wealth and variety of available reagents which will accomplish chemical transformations has reached staggering proportions. Little wonder then, that synthetic methodology has achieved a high degree of predictability and total synthesis of natural products has been successfully directed toward ever more challenging targets. As for the second point, that of single authorship, multiple authorship would invariably have led to gaps and overlaps, thus making it difficult to assemble and assess recent research in a systematic and comprehens- ive fashion.

Book information

ISBN: 9783642768408
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Imprint: Springer
Pub date:
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st Edition 1992
Language: English
Number of pages: 322
Weight: 517g
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine width: 18mm