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This concise overview of the structures of terpenes and their applications covers both the structure, natural sources, biological and pharmacological effects, as well as selected total syntheses. This book includes a chapter on structure determination, as well as added information on biogenesis, polycyclic terpenes, gingkoloids and neo-hopanes.An ideal introductory book for anybody starting work in this field.
List of contents
Terpenes - Importance, structural basics, biosynthesisHemiterpenesMonoterpenesSesquiterpenesDiterpenesSesterterpenesTriterpenesTetraterpenesPolyterpenesbiological, and pharmacological propertiesselected syntheses of terpenesisolation and structure determination
About the author
Eberhard Breitmaier führte seine Promotion bei Ernst Bayer an der Universität in Tübingen durch. Nach einem Postdoc-Aufenthalt und einer Position als Assistant Professor an der University of Houston, Texas, zog es ihn wieder zurück an die Universität in Tübingen, wo er sich 1971 habilitierte. Von 1975 bis 2004 war er Professor für organische Chemie und instrumentelle Analytik an der Universität in Bonn. Seine Forschung konzentrierte sich auf die 3-Alkoxyacroleine als Synthesereagenzien, porphyrinoide Annulene und Naturstoffe.
Summary
This concise overview of the structures of terpenes and their applications covers both the structure, natural sources, biological and pharmacological effects, as well as selected total syntheses. This book includes a chapter on structure determination, as well as added information on biogenesis, polycyclic terpenes, gingkoloids and neo-hopanes.
An ideal introductory book for anybody starting work in this field.
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"...the book contains a wealth of information and it fulfils its purpose of providing an interesting and broad introduction to the terpenes."Chemistry World
