1st Edition

Preparative Carbohydrate Chemistry

Edited By Stephen Hanessian Copyright 1997
664 Pages
by CRC Press

648 Pages
by CRC Press

Detailing commonly used methods and procedures, this reference discusses the reactions and derivative forms of carbohydrates. Preparative Carbohydrate Chemistry covers the formation, cleavage, and reactions of derivatives and illustrates bond-forming reactions of SN2 types, free radicals, chain extensions, and branching. The contents include: sugar derivatives; selected reactions in carbohydrate... Read more
Sugar Derivatives
Selected Reactions in Carbohydrate Chemistry
Chemical Synthesis of O- and N-Glycosyl Compounds, and of Oligosaccharides
Enzymatic Synthesis of Sialic Acid, KDO, and Related Deoxy-Ulsonic Acids, and of Oligosaccharides
Synthesis of C-Glycosyl Compounds
Carbocycles from Carbohydrates
Total Synthesis of Sugar from Nonsugars.

Biography

Stephen Hanessian

"…a compendium of procedures for the synthesis and utilization of carbohydrate-related molecules."
-Food Science and Technology (1998)

"…This book certainly belongs in every research library and on the bookshelf of every chemist."
-Journal of the American Chemical Society (1997)

"…this volume constitutes a chemist's passport to the field of glycobiology."
-Book Reviews/FBES Letters (1997)

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