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Informationen zum Autor Alexander F. Pozharskii, Soros Professor of Chemistry, Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia. Anatoly T. Soldatenkov, Professor of Chemistry, Russian People's Friendship University, Moscow, Russia. Alan R. Katritzky, Kenan Professor of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA. Klappentext Heterocycles in Life and Society is an introduction to the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, focusing on their origin and occurrence in nature, biochemical significance and wide range of applications. Written in a readable and accessible style, the book takes a multidisciplinary approach to this extremely important area of organic chemistry. Topics covered include an introduction to the structure and properties of heterocycles; the key role of heterocycles in important life processes such as the transfer of hereditary information, how enzymes function, the storage and transport of bioenergy, and photosynthesis; applications of heterocycles in medicine, agriculture and industry; heterocycles in supramolecular chemistry; the origin of heterocycles on primordial Earth; and how heterocycles can help us deal with challenges of the 21st century. For this second edition, Heterocycles in Life and Society has been completely revised and expanded, drawing on a decade of innovation in hetericycles chemistry. The new edition includes discussions of the role of heterocycles in nanochemistry, green chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, molecular devices and sensors, and supramolecular chemistry. Impressive achievements include the creation of various molecular devices, the recording and storage of information, the preparation of new organic conductors, and new effective drugs and pesticides with heterocyclic structures. Much new light has been thrown on various life processes, while the chemistry of heterocyclic structures and reactions, and the use of heterocyclic molecules as ionic liquids and proton sponges. Heterocycles in Life and Society is an essential guide to this important field for students and researches in chemistry, biochemistry, and drug discovery, and for scientists at all levels who wish to expand their scientific horizon. Zusammenfassung Heterocycles in Life and Society is an introduction to the chemistry of heterocyclic compounds, focusing on their origin and occurrence in nature, biochemical significance and wide range of applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis PREFACE TO SECOND ENGLISH EDITION. PREFACE TO FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 1 MOLECULAR RINGS STUDDED WITH JEWELS . 1.1 From Homocycle to Heterocycle. 1.2 Building Heterocycles from Benzene. 1.3 Some More Kinds of Heterocycles. 1.4 Problems. 1.5 Suggested Reading. 2 WHY NATURE PREFERS HETEROCYCLES . 2.1 Reactions for All Tastes. 2.2 Heterocycles as Acids and Bases. 2.3 Heterocycles and Metals. 2.4 'There are Subtle Ties of Power"m'. 2.5 Tautomerism: Heterocycles and Their 'Masks'. 2.6 Problems. 2.7 Suggested Reading. 3 HETEROCYCLES AND HEREDITARY INFORMATION . 3.1 Nucleic Acids. 3.2 The Double Helix. 3.3 How One DNA Doubles Itself. 3.4 Protein Synthesis. Genetic Code and Genome. 3.5 What are Mutations?. 3.6 Mysterious Telomers. 3.7 Gene Expression. 3.8 Problems. 3.9 Suggested Reading. 4 ENZYMES, COENZYMES AND VITAMINS . 4.1 Molecular Robots. 4.2 Coenzymes and Enzymes as 'Joint Molecular Ventures'. 4.3 Vitamins, the 'Molecules of Health'. 4.4 Ribozymes: Vestiges of an Ancient World. 4.5 Problems. 4.6 Suggested Reading. 5 HETEROCYCLES AND BIOENERGETICS . 5.1 ATP as the Universal Currency of Energy. 5.2 Breathing. 5.3 Problems. 5.4 Suggested Reading. 6 ...
