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All essential areas of basic synthetic carbohydrate chemistry are covered and appropriately described. In addition, this book explains the basic reaction mechanisms while taking into account modern concepts such as stereoelectronic principles.
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Conformational Analysis of Monosaccharides.- Anomeric Effect.- Isomerization of Sugars.- Relative Reactivity of Hydroxyl Groups in Monosaccharides.- Cyclic Acetals and Ketals.- Nucleophilic Displacement and the Neighboring Group Participation.- Anhydrosugars.- Amino Sugars.- Oxidation of Monosaccharides.- Addition of Nucleophiles to Glycopyranosiduloses.- Chemistry of the Glycosidic Bond.- Synthesis of Polychiral Natural Products from Carbohydrates.- Carbohydrate-Based Antibiotics.- Higher-Carbon Monosaccharides.
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All essential areas of basic synthetic carbohydrate chemistry are covered and appropriately described. In addition, this book explains the basic reaction mechanisms while taking into account modern concepts such as stereoelectronic principles.
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“This book represents a compendium of methods and principles used in the field of synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. Useful information concerning basic aspects of the subject, such as nomenclature, conformational analysis, and anomeric effects, is easily available to the reader and is well presented … . The book can still serve as a good source of literature references from the early days of carbohydrate chemistry … .” (Alexei V. Demchenko, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 132 (45), 2010)
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From the reviews:
"This book represents a compendium of methods and principles used in the field of synthetic carbohydrate chemistry. Useful information concerning basic aspects of the subject, such as nomenclature, conformational analysis, and anomeric effects, is easily available to the reader and is well presented ... . The book can still serve as a good source of literature references from the early days of carbohydrate chemistry ... ." (Alexei V. Demchenko, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 132 (45), 2010)
