Carbohydrates Synthesis, Mechanisms, and Stereoelectronic Effects /

• Main Author: Miljkovic, Momcilo (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Organic chemistry.; Bioorganic chemistry.; Carbohydrates.; Polymers.; Organic Chemistry.; Polymer Sciences.; Carbohydrate Chemistry.; Bioorganic Chemistry.

Carbohydrates: Synthesis, Mechanisms, and Stereoelectronic Effects explains the conformational, electrostatic, and stereoelectronic factors that control the chemical and biochemical behavior of carbohydrates in living cells. Topics include the anomeric effect, the chemistry of the glycosidic bond, i...

Table of Contents:

• Conformational Analysis of Monosaccharides
• Anomeric Effect
• Isomerization of Sugars
• Relative Reactivity of Hydroxyl Groups in Monosaccharides
• Cyclic Acetals and Ketals
• Nucleophilic Displacement and the Neighboring Group Participation
• Anhydrosugars
• Amino Sugars
• Oxidation of Monosaccharides
• Addition of Nucleophiles to Glycopyranosiduloses
• Chemistry of the Glycosidic Bond
• Synthesis of Polychiral Natural Products from Carbohydrates
• Carbohydrate-Based Antibiotics
• Higher-Carbon Monosaccharides.