Organic chemistry

In this exciting 2 volume set, the approach and methodology of bio-inspired synthesis of complex natural products is laid out, backed by abundant practical examples from the authors' own work as well as from the published literature.

Nine years after the publication of Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life, one of the pioneering books in Astrobiology, this second edition revisits the role comets may have played in the origins and evolution of life.

Natural products in the plant and animal kingdom offer a huge diversity of chemical structures that are the result of biosynthetic processes that have been modulated over the millennia through genetic effects.

This volume chronicles the proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Silanes and Other Coupling Agents.

This book summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties.

This book provides information about the sources, structure, and properties of keratin as well as its applications.

The two volumes "e;Science of Synthesis: Multicomponent Reactions"e; critically review the state of the art of domino, sequential, and consecutive multicomponent reactions in what is a highly dynamic field.

Evidence-Based Validation of Herbal Medicines brings together current thinking and practice in the areas of characterization and validation of natural products.

Science of Synthesis: Houben-Weyl Methods of Molecular Transformations is the entirely new edition of the acclaimed reference series, Houben-Weyl, the standard synthetic chemistry resource since 1909.

This book is divided into 5 sections starting with an historic perspective and fundamental aspects on the synthesis and recognition by imprinted polymers.

Benzodiazepine-Based Drug Discovery covers benzodiazepines and benzothiazepines, which constitute two pivotal classes of heterocyclic compounds widely used as core structures of medicinal drugs for the treatment of depression, epilepsy, seizures and muscle spasms.

Comprising one volume ofFunctional and Modified Polymeric Materials, Two-Volume Set, this curated collection of papers by Professor Eli Ruckenstein and co-workers discusses the merits of concentrated emulsion polymerization systems, as well as their ability to yield a broad variety of products with high synthetic efficiency.

Progress in Heterocyclic Chemistry (PHC), Volume 30, the latest in this annual review series commissioned by the International Society of Heterocyclic Chemistry (ISHC), contains both highlights of the previous year's literature on heterocyclic chemistry and articles on new and developing topics of interest.

Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis provides a forum for investigators to discuss their approach to the science and art of organic synthesis.

The oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to the corresponding carbonyl compounds is of fundamental importance in organic synthesis, due to the wide use of these products as precursors and intermediates for many drugs, vitamins and fragrances.

In the foremost chapter of Indole: Synthesis, Functions and Reactions, derivatives of hydrogenated pyrido[4,3-b]indoles as potential neuroprotectors have been synthesized.

In current thinking, Bioorganic Chemistry may be defined as the area of chemistry which lies in the border region between organic chemistry and biology and which describes and analyzes biological phenomena in terms of detailed molecular structures and molecular mechanisms.

Serves as a guide for seasoned researchers and students alike, who wish to learn about the cross-fertilization between biology and materials that is driving this emerging area of science This book covers the most relevant topics in basic research and those having potential technological applications for the field of biopolymer brushes.

Provides in-depth coverage of the physical properties of fats and oils.

Isocoumarins have been isolated from a wide variety of microbial, plant and insect sources and have been shown to possess an impressive array of biological activities.

This book includes both theoretical conceptualization and practical applications in the fields of product design, architecture, engineering, and materials.

This book presents fundamental and practical information on food chemistry.

This book presents a comprehensive study of the handling of fresh fruits in the developing world from harvesting to the shelf.

The main objective of this book is to present the recent applications of photodynamic therapy (PDT) in treating cancer and other diseases.

Bringing together examples that until now were often hidden and widely spread throughout the original literature, this textbook shows how to use the correct reagents, conditions or reaction sequences to have access to all possible stereoisomers when beginning synthesis with only a single starting material.

This book summarizes the preparation, characterization and applications of rubber based nano blends.

The book opens with a general overview of the constitution and reactivity of organomagnesium compounds, followed by information on handling them and on their detection and estimation.

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research.

Published continuously since 1944, the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology serial has been a continuous, essential resource for protein chemists.

Winner of the PROSE Award for Chemistry & Physics 2010 Acknowledging the very best in professional and scholarly publishing, the annual PROSE Awards recognise publishers' and authors' commitment to pioneering works of research and for contributing to the conception, production, and design of landmark works in their fields.

Major portion of the planet earth is covered by seas and oceans representing 96.

Over the past few years, increasing attention has been paid to the search for bioactive compounds from natural sources.

This book describes a unique class of secondary metabolites, the mono- and dimeric-naphthylisoquinoline alkaloids.

Bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels, now commonly termed 'bijels' are a class of soft materials, in which interpenetrating, continuous domains of two immiscible fluids are maintained in a rigid arrangement by a jammed layer of colloidal particles at their interface.

Published continuously since 1944, the Advances in Protein Chemistry and Structural Biology serial has been a continuous, essential resource for protein chemists.

Specialist Periodical Reports provide systematic and detailed review coverage of progress in the major areas of chemical research.

'Natural Compounds: Plant Sources, Structure and Properties' details the properties of over 7,500 chemical compounds of pharmacological interest found in plants.

Saponins are complex molecules made up of sugars linked to a triterpenoid or a steroid or a steroidal alkaloid.

This book highlights analytical chemistry instrumentation and practices applied to the analysis of natural products and their complex mixtures, describing techniques for isolating and characterizing natural products.

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This book is a well-established guide to the interpretation of the mass, ultraviolet, infrared and nuclear magnetic resonance spectra of organic compounds.

This book presents a systematic and extensive understanding about metabolic alterations affecting multiple aspects of different neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs), such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Huntington's disease, SCAs, SBMA, DRPLA, ALS, Freidrich Ataxia etc.

Volume 10 of this series presents four timely reviews.

Giovanni Poli, Guillaume Prestat, Frederic Liron, Claire Kammerer-Pentier: Selectivity in Palladium Catalyzed Allylic Substitution.

Since the days of Diels, Alder and Woodward, cycloadditions have been among the most versatile reactions for stereoselective synthesis .

Organic synthesis is a vibrant and rapidly evolving field; chemists can now cyclize alkenes directly onto enones.

This book provides an introduction to this exciting and relatively new subject with chapters covering natural and synthetic polymers, colloids, surfactants and liquid crystals highlighting the many and varied applications of these materials.