Methods of Non-a-Amino Acid Synthesis

by Michael Bryant Smith

Overview

Although less common than a-amino acids, non-a-amino acids-where the amino group is not on the carbon immediately adjacent to the carboxyl group but is attached to another carbon in the chain (for example, the , d carbon)-are components of biologically important molecules, are significant in the pharmaceutical industry, and are useful starting ma

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040058732
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	10/23/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	242
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Michael B. Smith attended Purdue University, graduating with a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry. His postdoctoral work took place at the Arizona State University with George R. Pettit and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Sidney Hecht. Dr. Smith joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 1977, where he now holds the rank of full professor. He is the author of the 5th-7th editions of March's Advanced Organic Chemistry, Organic Synthesis (3rd edition), and Organic Chemistry: An Acid-Base Approach.

Table of Contents

Functional Group Exchanges. Cyclic Precursors. Conjugate Addition Reactions. Enolate Anion and Related Reactions. Diastereoselective and Enantioselective Syntheses. Biologically Important Amino Acids. Aminocyclic and Heterocyclic Amino Acids. Index.