Carotenoids. Volume 2, Synthesis /

"Carotenoids, Volume 2" is the first book to be devoted entirely to the chemical synthesis of carotenoids. The essential in-depth appreciation of the perspectives, principles and strategies of carotenoid synthesis is provided in the first chapter. Preparation of polyene synthons and carote...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Britton, George (Editor), Liaaen-Jensen, S. (Synnøve), 1932- (Editor), Pfander, H. (Hanspeter), 1940- (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, 1996.
Series:	Carotenoids ; 2.
Subjects:	Carotenoids. Chemistry. Chemistry/Food Science, general. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1: General Aspects
I: Synthesis in Perspective
II: Strategies for Building the Carbon Skeleton
III: Characterization of Products
2: Coupling Reactions
I: Enol Ether and Aldol Condensations
II: Organometallic Reactions
III: Wittig Olefination
IV: Sulphone Coupling
3: Carotenoid Synthesis
I: Polyene Synthons
II: Acyclic Carotenoids
III: Synthesis of Cyclic Carotenoids
IV: Synthesis of Acetylenic, Allenic and In-chain Substituted Carotenoids
V: Total Synthesis of (Z)-Isomers
VI: Labelled Carotenoids
VII: Technical Syntheses
VIII: Partial Synthesis of Glycosides and Glycosyl Esters
IX: Partial Synthesis of Sulphates
Worked Examples
Example 1: Enol Ether Condensation
Example 2: Organometallic Reactions
Example 3: Wittig and Horner-Emmons Reaction
Example 4: Sulphone Coupling
Example 5: Asymmetric Syntheses
Example 6: Synthesis ex Chiral Pool
Example 7: Optical Resolution of Racemic ?-Ionone
Example 8: ?,?-Carotene
Appendix I: List of Synthons
Appendix II: List of Naturally Occurring Carotenoids Prepared by Total Synthesis
List of abbreviations.