Title: Carbohydrate chemistry /
Authors: Davis, Benjamin G.,; Fairbanks, Antony J.
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2002
Subjects: Carbohydrates
Abstract: "This series of short texts provides accessible accounts of a range of essential topics in chemistry and chemical engineering. Written with the needs of the student in mind, the Oxford Chemistry Primers offer just the right level of detail for undergraduate study, and will be invaluable as a source of material commonly presented in lecture courses yet not adequately covered in existing texts. All the basic principles and facts in a particular area are presented in a clear and straightforward style, to produce concise yet comprehensive accounts of topics covered in both core and specialist courses." "This primer seeks to strip off some of the mystery that often surrounds carbohydrate chemistry, a subject taught in all undergraduate courses, by highlighting and summarizing some of the central principles and ideas and by illustrating them with both classical and state-of-the art examples."--Jacket.
Contents: Introduction -- Open chain and ring structure of monosaccharides -- Reactions of the anomeric centre Part I -- Reactions of hydroxyl groups Part I -- Reactions of the anomeric centre Part II -- Reactions of hydroxyl groups Part II: cyclic acetals -- Chemical disaccharide formation -- Enzymatic disaccharide formation -- Chemical glycobiology.