Provides comprehensive coverage of the types of reductions undergone by the various classes of organic chemistry. Discusses reductions according to what bond or functional group is reduced by different reagents. Gives special attention to selective reductions that are suitable for the reduction of one particular type of bond or function without affecting other bonds or functions present in the same molecule. Special emphasis is placed on enantioselective and diastereoselective reductions effected both by chiral reagents and by microorganisms. Reducing agents are correlated with both the starting compounds and the products of reduction. Includes discussions of methods, mechanisms, stereochemistry, and scopes of reducing agents. Selected laboratory procedures demonstrate the main reduction techniques. Correlation tables and thorough author and subject indexes make this book easy to use.
- ISBN10 0841233446
- ISBN13 9780841233447
- Publish Date 5 May 1996 (first published 1 January 1984)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 26 June 2010
- Publish Country US
- Imprint American Chemical Society
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 456
- Language English