Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-470-71236-8
Paperback
352 pages
December 2008
Other Available Formats: Hardcover
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- 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
- By working through this book students will develop their skills in analyzing 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
- The later chapters on more advanced techniques have extensive new material based on courses that the authors give in the pharmaceutical industry
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Includes many examples drawn from pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, natural products, pheromones, perfumery and flavoring compounds, dyestuffs, and other intermediates used in more advanced synthetic work.
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Provides reasons for wishing to synthesize each compound