Asymmetric synthesis of natural products /

• Main Author: Koskinen, Ari
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley, 2012.
• Edition: Second edition.
• Subjects: Natural products > Synthesis.; Asymmetry (Chemistry); SCIENCE > Chemistry > Organic.; Electronic books.

"Natural product synthesis has played a key role in the development of many synthetic methods and will continue to do so in the future. Many recent advances in such diverse fields as immunology, cellular biology and materials science have been achieved through the synthetic chemist's abili...

Table of Contents:

• Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Products; Contents; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Common Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 Some properties of natural products; 1.2 Natural products as drugs; 1.3 Structures of natural products; 1.4 Asymmetric synthesis of natural products; 1.5 Synthetic organic chemistry; References; Chapter 2 Chirality, Topology, and Asymmetric Synthesis; 2.1 The need for enantiopure compounds; 2.2 Determination of enantiomeric purity; 2.3 Chirality and thermodynamic principles of asymmetric induction.