Strategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis - 9780081000236

Strategies and Tactics in Organic SynthesisAuthor(s): Michael Harmata\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier Health Sciences, United Kingdom\nImprint: Elsevier / The Lancet\nISBN-13: 9780081000236, 978-0081000236\nSynopsis\nStrategies and Tactics in Organic Synthesis provides a forum for investigators to discuss their approach to the science and art of organic synthesis. Rather than a simple presentation of data or a secondhand analysis, this classic provides stories that vividly demonstrate the power of the human endeavor known as organic synthesis and the creativity and tenacity of its practitioners. Firsthand accounts of each project tell of the excitement of conception, the frustration of failure, and the joy experienced when either rational thought or good fortune gives rise to the successful completion of a project. This book series shows how synthesis is really done. Readers will be educated, challenged, and inspired by these accounts, which portray the idea that triumphs do .