Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis (Post-Graduate Chemistry Series) - Hardcover

Hanson, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 063204506X ISBN 13: 9780632045068

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

Provides, at a postgraduate level, an accessible introduction to a topic of central importance in organic synthesis. Covers the main functional groups requiring protection in organic synthesis, explaining why a particular protecting agent works and how an agent should be chosen.

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This volume provides, at postgraduate student level, an accessible introduction to a topic of central importance in organic synthesis. It covers the main functional groups requiring protection in organic synthesis, explaining why a particular protecting agent works and how an agent should be chosen. Emphasis is on what the protecting group is doing chemically to the basic structure that it is protecting. Attention is given to removal of the protecting group.

A clear and thoughtful book, which concentrates on explaining the chemistry. It also provides a convenient point of entry to the research literature.

Edition details

• Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 063204506X
• ISBN 13: 9780632045068
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 138