The Nobel Prize is the highest award in science, as is the case with nonscience fields too, and it is, therefore, arguably the most internationally recognized award in the world. This unique set of volumes focuses on summarizing the Nobel Prize within organic chemistry, as well as the specializations within this specialty. Any reader researching the history of the field of organic chemistry will be interested in this work. Furthermore, it serves as an outstanding resource for providing a better understanding of the circumstances that led to these amazing discoveries and what has happened as a result, in the years since.
Author(s): John G. D'Angelo
Series: CRC Focus
Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 110
City: Boca Raton
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
