Advanced Practical Organic Chemistry

List of contents

General introduction. Safety. Keeping records of laboratory work. Equipping the laboratory and the bench. Purification and drying of solvents. Reagents: Preparation, purification, and handling. Gases. Vacuum pumps. Carrying out the reaction. Working up the reaction. Purification. Small-scale reactions. Large-scale reactions. Special procedures. Characterization. Troubleshooting: What to do when things don't work. The chemical literature. Appendices. Index.

About the author

John Leonard is currently a principal scientist at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, where he is primarily involved with synthetic route design and development activities. Prior to this he was a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Salford, UK.Garry Procter is a professor and director of teaching in the School of Chemistry at the University of Manchester, UK. Before this he was director of undergraduate laboratories in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University.Barry Lygo is currently a professor of chemistry at the University of Nottingham, UK, working in the field of asymmetric catalysis and synthesis.

Summary

Any research that uses new organic chemicals, or ones that are not commercially available, will at some time require the synthesis of such compounds

Product details

• Authors: John Leonard, John (Astrazeneca Leonard, John Lygo Leonard, Barry Lygo, Lygo Barry, Garry Procter, Procter Garry
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138455931
• ISBN: 978-1-138-45593-1
• No. of pages: 356
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry > Organic chemistry; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, SCIENCE / Chemistry / Organic, MEDICAL / Education & Training, Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences