Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds - A Comprehensive Update

• Main Author: Gribble, Gordon W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Vienna : Springer Vienna, 2010.
• Series: Fortschritte der Chemie organischer Naturstoffe / Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, 91
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmacy.; Organic chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.

Despite the long association of organohalogen compounds with human activities, nature is the producer of nearly 5,000 halogen-containing chemicals. Once dismissed as accidents of nature or isolation artifacts, organohalogen compounds represent an important and ever growing class of natural products,...

Table of Contents:

• Origins
• Occurrence
• Biohalogenation
• Biodegradation
• Natural Function
• Significance
• Outlook.