Cyclitols and Their Derivatives A Handbook of Physical, Spectral and Synthetic Data

This book gives a compilation of most known cyclitols and their derivatives in a concise and very conveniently formatted compilation. The compounds are organized in six major groups depending on the number of hydroxyls and the degree of unsaturation. For each entry, all available spectral and physical data are provided with references to isolation, structure elucidation, and synthesis. The book is intended to assist the members of the synthetic community in rapid identification and comparison of compounds that belong to the category of cyclitols, which have attracted much attention in the medical research community because of the immense therapeutic potential associated with their chemistry. The authors have an excellent reputation. The target audience includes synthetic organic chemists, natural product chemists, bioorganic chemists, biochemists and molecular biologists. Benefit: This book will be a great benefit to organic chemists in research and product development since it allows such rapid finding of information that until now was spread out diffusively in the literature and could not be found in such a convenient unified format.