Stereochemistry of Organic CompoundsStereochemistry of Organic Compounds The first fully referenced, comprehensive book on this subject in more than thirty years, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds contains up-to-date coverage and insightful exposition of all important new concepts, developments, and tools in the rapidly advancing field of stereochemistry, including: * Asymmetric and diastereoselective synthesis * Conformational analysis * Properties of enantiomers and racemates * Separation and analysis of enantiomers and diastereoisomers * Developments in spectroscopy (including NMR), chromatography, and molecular mechanics as applied to stereochemistry * Prostereoisomerism * Conceptual foundations of stereochemistry, including terminology and symmetry concepts * Chiroptical properties Written by the leading authorities in the field, the text includes more than 4,000 references, 1,000 illustrations, and a glossary of stereochemical terms. |
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achiral addition alcohol alkenes alkylation Allinger amino acids analysis Angew anti Asymmetric Synthesis asymmetric transformation axial barrier C₂ carbon carbonyl CH₂ CH3 CH3 Chapter Chem chemical Chemistry Chim chiral center chromatographic cis isomer cis-trans CO₂H complex configuration conformation crystallization cyclohexane derivatives diastereomers diastereoselective diastereotopic difference dipole effect Eliel enantiomer enantiomer composition enantiomeric excess enantiomeric purity enantioselective enantiotopic energy Engl enolate enzyme equatorial ester example formation gauche H H H H₂C homochiral hydrogen atoms interaction inversion isomerization Jacques kcal mol ketones kinetic resolution kJ mol¹ ligands meso method methyl groups Mislow mixture mol¯¹ molecular molecules nonracemic optically active Phys Pirkle point group prochiral protons racemic racemic compound reaction reagent resolving agents ring rotation salt Section shift shown in Figure solution solvent spectroscopy stereochemical Stereochemistry stereogenic stereoisomers stereoselective steric strain structure substituents substrate symmetry temperature Tetrahedron Lett torsion angle York