Comprehensive Natural Products Chemistry

The aim of this major work is to present state of the art information in a scholarly, readable and critical style such that the work will be the first point of entry to the literature for scientists of all disc iplines, but particularly for organic chemists. Natural product chemi stry is the most exciting, stimulating and inspiring of all branches o f chemistry. Ever since the time of Wwhler, chemists have depended up on the remarkable and humbling experience of learning from nature. Th e greatest discoveries and challenges have derived from a study of thi s topic. Something of this excitement will be the common thread of th e work and should be experienced by the reader.