Carbon-carbon bond formation reactions. Part I : classical aldol reaction. Part II : contemporary C-H bond activation/functionalization

• Main Author: Chok, Yew Keong
• Other Authors: Loh Teck Peng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Chemistry::Organic chemistry::Organic synthesis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/65479
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since the serendipitous synthesis of urea by Frederich Wöhler in 1828, which marked the birth of organic synthesis, this craft had been perfected by synthetic chemistry to such an extent where not only can such biomacromolecules as proteins and genes be manipulated and assembled in vitro at will, bu...