Taylor & Francis The Organic Chemistry of Sugars

Intrigued as much by its complex nature as by its outsider status in traditional organic chemistry, the editors of The Organic Chemistry of Sugars compile a groundbreaking resource in carbohydrate and sugar chemistry that illustrates the ease at which sugars can be manipulated in a variety of organic reactions. Each chapter contains numerous examples demonstrating the methods and strategies that apply mainstream organic chemistry to the chemical modification sugar. The book illustrates how suitably and strategically protected sugars behave as any other organic molecule, the uses of sugars in mainstream organic chemistry, and approaches toward the total synthesis of sugars and the evolution of combinatorial carbohydrate chemistry. ...