Sierra, Miguel A. <br/><br/>
Dead ends and detours :  direct ways to successful total synthesis / 
Miguel A. Sierra, Maria C. de la Torre 
 - Weinheim ;  [Great Britain] :  Wiley-VCH,  c2004 
 - xiv, 276 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index 
<br/><br/>Introduction: From the paper to the laboratory. -- Tuning-up, tactical and strategic changes. -- Working with models. -- The unexpected reactivity or inertia of common functional groups. -- The influence of remote substituents. -- The elusive side chain. -- The unpredictable stereochemistry. -- Reluctant ring closures 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>3527306447 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Organic compounds--Synthesis