Tactics of Organic Synthesis

TSE-LOK HO is Professor of Organic Chemistry at National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. His research interests are in organic synthesis, including total synthesis of natural products and methodology. He has written 12 books, including, most recently, Stereoselectivity in Synthesis, available from Wiley. Dr. Ho holds degrees from National Taiwan University and the University of New Brunswick, Canada.

• Convergency and Reiterative Processes. Activity Modulation, Group Protection, and LatentFunctionalities. Umpolung. Tandem Reactions. Cyclic Arrays for Structural and StereochemicalManipulations. Intramolecularization and Neighboring Group Participations. Template and Chelation Effects. Symmetry Considerations. Miscellaneous Tactics. References. Index.