Organic Stereochemistry : Guiding Principles and Biomedicinal - Relevance

"This book should become an indispensable asset on the bookshelves of pharmaceutical laboratories in academia and in industry, as well as of laboratories devoted to plant protection. I am convinced that studying this book will be an eye-opener for many scientists in the field of life sciences.

List of contents

Foreword: D. SeebachPreface: The EditorsPart 1: Symmetry Elements and Operations, Classification of Stereoisomers (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, and A. Pedretti)Part 2: Stereoisomerism Resulting from One or Several Stereogenic Centers (B. Testa)Part 3: Other Stereogenic Elements: Axes of Chirality, Planes of Chirality, Helicity, and (E,Z)-Diastereoisomerism (B. Testa)Part 4: Isomerisms about Single Bonds and in Cyclic Systems (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, and A. Pedretti)Part 5: Stereoselectivity in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, A. Pedretti, and J. Caldwell)Part 6: The Conformation Factor in Molecular Pharmacology (G. Vistoli, B. Testa, and A. Pedretti)Part 7: The Concept of Substrate Stereoselectivity in Biochemistry and Xenobiotic Metabolism (B. Testa)Part 8: Prostereoisomerism and the Concept of Product Stereoselectivity in Biochemistry and Xenobiotic Metabolism (B. Testa)Part 9: Molecular Chirality in Chemistry and Biology: Historical Milestones (J. Gal)GlossaryIndex

Product details

• Authors: Joh Caldwell, John Caldwell, M Volkan Kisakürek, M. Volkan Kisakürek, Bernar Testa, Bernard Testa
• Assisted by: John Caldwell (Editor), M. Volkan Kisakürek (Editor), Bernard Testa (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2014
• EAN: 9783906390697
• ISBN: 978-3-906390-69-7
• Dimensions: 213 mm x 233 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry; Chemie, Organische Chemie, Stereochemie, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Biomedizin, chemistry, Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry, Pharmazeutische u. Medizinische Chemie, Biochemie u. Chemische Biologie, Biochemistry (Chemical Biology)