Preface
This volume of Advances in Organic Synthesis presents some recent exciting developments in synthetic organic chemistry. It covers a range of topics including important researches on novel approaches to the construction of complex organic compounds. The chapters are written by authorities in the field and are mainly focused on asymmetric hydrogenation of tetrasubstituted olefins, catalytic organic synthesis, applications of covalently supported ionic liquids, intramolecular cyclization reactions via carbon-heteroatom (C-X) bond formation, quinazoline analogues and their biological importance, and synthesis of N,O,S-heterocycles by one-pot reactions of epoxides, aziridines and oxaziridines.
The book should prove to be a valuable resource for pharmaceutical scientists and postgraduate students seeking updated and critically important information about synthetic organic chemistry. I hope that the readers will find these reviews valuable and thought-provoking so that they may trigger further research in the quest for new developments in the field.
I am thankful to the efficient team of Bentham Science Publishers especially Dr. Faryal Sami (Assistant Manager), Mr. Shehzad Naqvi (Senior Manager) and Mr. Mahmood Alam (Director Publications).
Prof. Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, FRS
Honorary Life Fellow
Kings College
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
UK
List of Contributors
Editor(s):
Atta-ur-Rahman
Honorary Life Fellow
Kings College
University of Cambridge
Cambridge
UK
Contributor(s):
Isha Lumb
Department of Chemistry
Baring Union Christian College
Batala
India
Kristen Ryan
Drug Discovery Services
Medicinal Chemistry, AMRI, 26 Corporate Circle
Albany, NY
USA
Oleksandr Zhurakovskyi
School of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Cantock's Close, Bristol
UK
Robert B. Kargbo
277 Granada Drive
Usona Institute
San Luis Obispo, CA
USA
Satyen Saha
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi
India
Sumit Kumar Panja
Department of Chemistry
Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University
Varanasi
India
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Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore, Karnataka
India
Vipan Kumar
Department of Chemistry
Guru Nanak Dev University
Amritsar
India
Vishu Mehra
Department of Chemistry
Hindu College
Amritsar
India
Vitalii Palchykov
Department of Chemistry
Oles Honchar Dnipro National University
Dnipro
Ukraine
Yu Lin Hu
College of Materials and Chemical Engineering, Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Crystalline and Energy Conversion Materials
China Three Gorges University
Yichang
P. R. China