Synthetic Organic Chemistry and the Nobel Prize

Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
About the Author
1 Introduction
	History
	Other Facts
	Women and the Nobel
	Future of the Nobel Prize
	About this Series of Books
	General References
2 1979—Brown and Wittig
	Modern Applications
	Modifications
	General References
3 1981—Fukui and Hoffmann
	The S[sub(N)]2 and E2 Reactions
	4 + 2 Cycloaddition Reactions
	2 + 2 Cycloaddition Reactions
	Sigmatropic Rearrangements
	Application to the Synthesis of Important Molecules
	Controversy Regarding Credit for Discovery
	Summary
	General References
4 1990—Corey
	Retrosynthetic Analysis
	Executing Retrosynthetic Analysis
	Transform-Guided Retrosynthetic Strategies
	Structure-Goal Strategies
	Stereochemical Strategies
	Functional Group-Based Strategies and Other Strategies
	Topological Strategies
	Disconnection by the Numbers
	Managing a Large Volume of Chemical Information
	Select Examples of Retrosynthesis in the Peer-Reviewed Literature
	Summary
	General References
Index