Organic chemistry

The use of antibiotics in the treatment by antibacterial and antifungal chemo- therapy, has become standard practice since the end of World War Two and has had an enormous impact on healthcare throughout the world.

"e;Highly recommended for all academic library chemistry collections; biochemistry and medical collections may also want to consider.

Bringing together scientists from the various disciplines of chemistry who are actively engaged in developing software and using computers to solve their problems was the main objective of the 4th workshop 'Computers in Chemistry' (November 22-24, 1989) held in Hochfilzen, Tyrol.

"e;An interesting and enlightening book well worth the time for someone who is grounded in the basics of spectroscopy, yet interested in newer techniques and applications.

The effects of heat and light on chemical reactions have long been known and un- derstood.

This book is intended to collect in one place as much information as possible on the use of EPR spectroscopy in the analysis of systems in which two or more spins are magnetically coupled.

For more than 100 years the Beilstein Handbook has been publishing checked and evaluated data on organic compounds.

The first three chapters of Vol.

At the end of the initial meeting on Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, it was decided to convene similar events on a regular basis midway between the International Congress for Plant Tissue and Cell Cul- ture.

Natural product chemistry has undergone an explosive growth during the latter half of the current century.

In this volume the contributions of the 2nd International EBSA (European Biophysical Societies Association) Symposium devoted to the biophysical and biochemical aspects of the structure and interaction of cytoskeletal and extracellular proteins are presented.

"e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis - 1988"e; - contains selected contributions on modern protein- analytical techniques as presented by speakers at the Seventh International Conference on "e;Methods in Protein Sequence Analysis"e;, held from July 3rd to July 8th, 1988 in Berlin.

The structural complexity of lignin has continually challenged the in- genuity of researchers to develop suitable methods for its charac- terization prior to and following a wide variety of chemical, biologi- cal, and physical treatments.

Wood as found in trees and bushes was of primary importance to ancient humans in their struggle to control their environment.

Aromatic organic hydrocarbons and heterocycles represent a bulk of about one third of all industrially produced organic basic materials.

The synthetic chemistry of carbohydrates has advanced at a scarcely equalled rate in the last 25 years, due to the great interest of biologically active natural products coritaining sugar moieties.

During the last fifteen years organoselenium chemistry underwent a spectacular mutation: from an exotic area of science practised by a few specialists it became a relatively well mastered and widely used methodology of synthetic organic chemistry.

More and more possible applications of organometallic compounds in organic synthesis have been uncovered and a growing number of scientists are attracted to this area of research.

The present series, "e;Bio-organic Marine Chemistry,"e; is being launched at a time when we have the fundamental knowledge and the requisite instrumentation to probe the molecular basis of many biological phenomena.

New methods for the construction of condensed five-membered ring systems continue to be developed at an accelerated pace.

Recent economic trends, especially the worldwide decline in oil prices, and an altered political climate in the United States have combined to bring about major reductions in research on renewable energy resources.

The subject of the book is electron transfer reactions in organic chemistry, with the emphasis on mechanistic aspects.

Procedures for extracting or refining sensitive substances using dense gases have been developed for numerous purposes.

The idea of Professors Bolis and Gilles to gather together for a 3 days' meeting in the splendid environment of Crans-Montana in Switzerland a limited number of people around the subject of calcium and calcium bind- ing proteins seemed at first particularly attractive, and when they asked me to take charge of the scientific organization of the symposium, I accepted with enthusiasm.

The appearance of the first review in 1965 [1] and the first monograph in 1968 [2] on chemiluminescence demonstrated the extent of the phenomenon of light emission from the reaction of organic compounds in solution.

In to days market, custom formulated surfactants are offered for a wide range of applications.

This book the second volume in the "e;Springer Series in Biophysics"e; col- lects together contributions to the conference on "e;Biophysics and Syn- chrotron Radiation"e; held in July 86 at Frascati.

The strong trend in the Biological Sciences towards a quantitative characterization of processes has promoted an increased use of thermo- dynamic reasoning.

The present book is an attempt to outline some, certainly not all, mathematical aspects of modern organic chemistry.

Titanium has been used to perform many kinds of reactions in organic and inorganic chemistry.

Carbosilanes are compounds in which the elements silicon and carbon alternate in the molecular skeleton [1].

During the past decade we have witnessed not only an increase in knowledge of the "e;traditional"e; biophysical problems, but also an understanding of the molecular basis of various biological phenomena.

A topic for a Solvay Conference should be general enough to conform with the great tradition of previous conferences.

It seems likely that no project of this magnitude is undertaken in the absence of several motivations.

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Although studies on synthetic dyes have been performed for more than 100 years, their detailed elucidation requires further extensive research.

Around 30 years ago the transition metal chemistry received great impulses.