Privileged structures in drug discovery: medicinal chemistry and synthesis

This book focuses on how the concept of privileged structures is prevalent in drug discovery and medicinal chemistry.

It is a guide, a historical perspective, a practical compendium, and a source of future direction for the field.

The book describes up to date and state of the art methods of organic synthesis to access the privileged structures of interest.

Numerous medicinal chemistry case studies document the use of the privileged structures.