Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis: Postgraduate Chemistry SeriesISBN: 978-1-85075-957-7
Hardcover
140 pages
October 1999, Wiley-Blackwell
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This volume provides, at postgraduate student level, an accessible
introduction to a topic of central importance in organic synthesis.
It covers the main functional groups requiring protection in
organic synthesis, explaining why a particular protecting agent
works and how an agent should be chosen. Emphasis is placed on what
a protecting group is doing chemically to the structure that it is
protecting. Attention is given to removal of the protecting group.
This is a clear and thoughtful book, which concentrates on explaining the chemistry. It also provides a convenient point of entry to the primary literature.