Chemistry: Org Synthesis

The highly successful Fieser & Fieser series has provided several generations of professional chemists and students with an up-to-date survey of the reagent literature. Reagents are listed in alphabetical order by common name, and the brief entry tells how to make it or buy it, what it is good for, and where to find complete details.

A handy desktop reference for organic chemists to browse new reactions and transformations of interest, facilitating the search for functional group transformations in the original literature of organic chemistry. The Compendium of Organic Synthetic Methods series facilitates the search for quality, selected functional group transformations, organized by reacting functional group of starting material and functional group formed, with full references to each reaction.

Offers an encyclopedic and systematic collection of useful synthetic methodology, including tens of thousands of reactions and synthetic transformations. Reviewed in the professional journals as "clearly...the first choice for researchers seeking information on synthetic transformations." And as "useful to anyone who must do organic synthesis, especially those whose focus is not strictly organic chemistry. It provides a...clear road map to the synthetic literature and should be kept within easy reach of the chemist's desk."

The 4th ed continues to be an indispensable reference for controlling the reactivity of the most common functional groups during a synthetic sequence. New techniques for the formation and cleavage of existing protective groups, with examples to illustrate each new technique Expanded coverage of the unexpected side reactions that occur with protective groups. The content is organized around the functional group to be protected, and ranges from the simplest to the most complex and highly specialized protective groups.