Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis : Postgraduate Chemistry Series

This volume provides, at postgraduate student level, an accessible introduction to a topic of central importance in organic synthesis.

It covers the main functional groups requiring protection in organic synthesis, explaining why a particular protecting agent works and how an agent should be chosen.

Emphasis is placed on what a protecting group is doing chemically to the structure that it is protecting.

Attention is given to removal of the protecting group.

This is a clear and thoughtful book, which concentrates on explaining the chemistry.

It also provides a convenient point of entry to the primary literature.