Organic Synthesis State of the Art 2009 - 2011 [Hardcover]

Organic synthesis is a vibrant and rapidly evolving field; we can now cyclize amines directly onto alkenes. Like its predecessors, this reference leads readers quickly to the field's more important recent developments. Two years of Douglass F. Taber's popular weekly online column, Organic Chemistry Highlights , as featured on the organic-chemistry.org website, are consolidated here, with cumulative indices of all four volumes in this series. Important topics that are covered range from powerful new methods for C-C bond construction to asymmetric organocatalysis and direct C-H functionalization.

This go-to reference focuses on the most important recent developments in organic synthesis, and includes a succinct analysis of the significance and applicability of each new synthetic method.

Organic Functional Group Interconversion and Protection
1. Best Synthetic Methods: Functional Group Transformations May 17, 2010
2. Functional Group Transformations : The Castle Synthesis of Celogentin C October 25, 2010
3. Organic Functional Group Conversion March 28, 2011
4. Advances in Organic Functional Group Transformation May 16, 2011
5. Organic Functional Group Transformation October 31, 2011
6. Best Synthetic Methods: Reduction February 22, 2010
7. Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation March 8, 2010
8. Best Synthetic Methods: Oxidation and Reduction May 24, 2010
9. Oxidation and Reduction May 23, 2011
10. Organic Functional Group Protection March 15, 2010
11. Functional Group Protection: The Kraus Synthesis of Bauhinoxepin J September 13, 2010
12. Functional Group Protection November 8, 2010
13. Organic Functional Group Protection September 12, 2011
14. Organic Functional Group Protection and Deprotection November 14, 2011

Flow Methods
15. Flow Methods for Organic Synthesis October10, 2011

C-H Functionalization
16. C-H Functionalization: The White Synthesil³¥