Carbohydrates: The Essential Molecules of Life

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Preface and Acknowledgements Abbreviations CHAPTER 1: The ?Nuts and Bolts? of Carb ohydrates
The early years
The constitution o f glucose and other sugars
The cyclic forms of sugars, and mutarotation
The shape (conformation) of cyclic sugars, a nd the anomeric effect
References CHAPTER 2: Synthesis and Protecting Groups
Esters
Ether s
Acetals
The protection of amines
Orthogonality
References CHAPTER 3: The Reactions of Monosaccharides
Oxidation
Reduc tion
Halogenation
Alkenes and carbocycles
Anhydro sugars
Deoxy, amino deoxy and branched -chain sugars
Miscellaneous reactions
Indust rially important ketoses
Aza and imino sugars
References CHAPTER 4: The Formation of the Glycosidic Lin kage
General
Hemiacetals
Glyco