1st Edition

The Chemistry and Biology of Beta-Lactams

By Zerong Wang Copyright 2023
468 Pages 1 Color & 240 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

468 Pages 1 Color & 240 B/W Illustrations
by Apple Academic Press

This new volume provides the most updated information about beta-lactams relating to both the pharmaceutical industry and synthetic chemistry. It provides the antibiotic activities as well as chemical reactivities of beta-lactams, which are important because they are commonly applied as antibiotics in the treatment of bacterial infections. The volume provides comprehensive coverage of most of the... Read more

1. beta-Lactams and Antibiotics

2. Antimicrobial Activity of beta-Lactams and Bacterial Resistance

3. Synthetic Methods of beta-Lactams

4. Reactions of beta-Lactams

Biography

Zerong Wang, PhD, is a full Professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, Texas. Prior to that, he worked at the Institute for Biological Sciences of the National Research Council of Canada. Dr. Wang has developed research projects relating to sulfur chemistry, computational chemistry, nucleoside analogs, heterocycle chemistry, materials science, and macromolecules (pillarene, calix[n]arene, and melamine-based dendrimers, etc.) and has received 22 research grants. He has developed two compendiums in organic chemistry: Comprehensive Organic Named Reactions, with Detailed Mechanism Discussions and Updated Experimental Procedures (3 volumes) (Wiley, 2009) and Encyclopedia of Physical Organic Chemistry, the PROSE Award winner in 2018. While conducting research activities, the author also teaches courses for both graduate and undergraduate students on many subjects in the fields of chemistry.