Strategies for Organic Drug Synthesis and Design

This book examines and evaluates the strategies utilized to designand synthesize pharmaceutically active agents. Significant updatesover the last 10 years since the publication of the 1st editioninclude synthesis of enantiomerically pure isomers, novel chemicalmethodologies, and new pharmaceutical agents targeted at novelbiological endpoints. Written by an experienced successful author, this book meets the needs of a growing community of researchers inpharmaceutical R &D, as well as medical professionals, byproviding a useful guide for designing and synthesizingpharmaceutical agents. Additionally, it is a useful text formedicinal chemistry students.