REASON AND IMAGINATION: REFLECTIONS ON RESEARCH IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY- SELECTED PAPERS OF DEREK H R BARTON (World Scientific 20th Century Chemistry) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9810225962 ISBN 13: 9789810225964

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 1996

Synopsis

This book is about the recognition of new principles in Organic Chemistry. It is also about the discovery and invention of Chemical Reactions. In addition, it deals with the determination of structure by chemical degradation during the epoch when physical methods were not well developed. Also presented are new reagents and new types of functional groups never seen in chemistry before. The overall aim of the collected papers is to show how thought can direct original research and to demonstrate how thought about old or new chemical facts can lead to originality. This is further illuminated by commentaries which Prof Barton has written to accompany these papers.

About this title

From the Publisher

Jointly published by Imperial College Press and World Scientific Publishing Co.

Review

"The book is an excellent overview of his odyssey in organic chemistry, highlighting the major contributions he has made in the second half of this century." William B Motherwell Chemistry in Britain, 1997

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810225962
• ISBN 13: 9789810225964
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 892
• Editor: Barton Derek H R