Studies in Natural Product Chemistry : Stereoselective Synthesis, Part I

Hardbound. This volume contains discourses on the stereoselective synthesis of the anticancer anthracycline antibiotics, tetramic acid antibiotics, 3-4-deoxyhexoses, polysaccharides, levoglycosenone as precursor to natural products, synthesis of oligoribonucleotides, oxidation of guaiazulene, synthesis of hydroazulene sesquiterpenes and thujone as the starting point for the synthesis of natural products. The synthesis of eudesmenols, asymmetric synthesis using chiral acetals and chiral sulfoxide auxiliary and the asymmetric construction of versatile chiral precursors is presented. Chapters on cyclopentannelation reactions, chiral construction of quaternary carbons, organic synthesis involving hydrogen abstraction reactions, synthesis of taxodione, indole alkaloids, lupine and nitraria alkaloids, and benzo(c)phenanthridine alkaloids should also prove of interest to readers. The last chapter describes the major synthetic achievements during the last three d