Molecules, Volume 6, Issue 12

The author Ryoji Nagoya shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2001.[...]

The field of catalytic asymmetric synthesis has grown immensely since the first edition was published in 1993, spawning effective new methods for obtaining enantiomerically pure compounds on a large scale and stimulating new applications in diverse f...

The control of reactivity to achieve specific syntheses is one of the overarching goals of organic chemistry.[...]

“This book will appeal most to organic chemists, because of the way new structures are introduced through their synthesis, but it will also provide a useful introduction for other scientists, provided they are conversant with molecular structures.”(P...

Focusing on the biotechnology of ethanol, this book highlights its industrial relevance as one of the most important products of primary metabolism.[...]

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The long-awaited volume on synthetic chemistry in the series "Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry" is now available.[...]

The chemistry of nucleosides and nucleic acids is a rapidly developing field. Many of the most important recent advances in medicinal chemistry have occured in this field with the development of novel nucleosideand nucleotide-based antiviral and anti...

Here, numerous winners of the Wolf prize from all chemical disciplines provide an overview of the new ideas and approaches that will shape this dynamic science over the forthcoming decades and so will have a decisive influence on our living condition...

As the only stable baryon, the nucleon is of crucial importance in particle physics.[...]