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

Wiley is pleased to publish the workbook accompanying the long-awaited second edition of the classic textbook used by generations of organic chemists.  Workbook for Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach  2nd Edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect 25 years of advances in organic synthesis.

Organic synthesis is the construction of organic molecules via chemical processes. One of the most important areas of chemistry, it is taught to all chemistry students, and many other science majors. One approach to organic synthesis is retrosynthetic analysis, now a standard and fundamental part of every organic synthesis course.

Since the first edition of this book, which was the first to provide a structured course in retrosynthesis, Dr. Stuart Warren has been teaching the material to university students and small groups of industry-based chemists. He has combined the feedback from this with 25 years of developments in synthesis to fully revise and update Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach.

This second edition has been fully revised and updated. The book’s new, modern look contains schemes and structures now drawn in ChemDraw format. New examples and synthetic pathways have been added and illustrated additional material to take the student to the level required by the sequel, Organic Synthesis: Strategy and Control. The later chapters on more advanced techniques have extensive new material based on courses that the authors give to chemists in the pharmaceutical industry.

Workbook for Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, 2nd Edition, together with the main textbook, provides a full course in retrosynthetic analysis for chemistry and biochemistry students, final year undergraduate and postgraduate. It is also the perfect refresher course for academic and industrial chemists working in a variety of disciplines that involve the synthesis of organic compounds.