Workbook for Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, 2nd Edition

ISBN: 978-0-470-71227-6

Hardcover

272 pages

January 2010

Other Available Formats: Paperback

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The workbook provides a comprehensive graded set of problems to illustrate and develop the themes of Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, 2^nd edition. The textbook and workbook together provide a complete course in retrosynthetic analysis for advanced organic students – describes and illustrates the key concepts involved in how to use retrosynthetic analysis to design synthetic routes
Each problem is followed by a fully explained solution and discussion.
By working through this book students will develop their skills in analysing synthetic challenges, and build a toolkit of strategies for planning new syntheses.
Revised and updated to reflect 25 years of advances in organic synthesis: new examples and synthetic pathways have been added. Additional material has been added to take the student to the level required by the sequel, “Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control”. The later chapters on more advanced techniques have etensive new material based on courses that the authors give in the pharmaceutical industry