Fundamentals of heterocyclic chemistry : importance in nature and in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals / Louis D. Quin, John A. Tyrell.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The scope of the field of heterocyclic chemistry -- Common ring systems and the naming of heterocyclic compounds -- Nature as a source of heterocyclic compounds -- Principles of synthesis of aromatic heterocycles by intramolecular cyclization -- Synthesis of heterocyclic systems by cycloaddition reactions -- Aromaticity and other special properties of heterocycles: pi-deficient ring systems -- Aromaticity and other special properties of heterocycles: pi-excessive ring systems and mesoipnic ring systems -- The importance of hererocycles in medicine -- systhetic methods for some prominent heterocyclic families: examples of pharmaceuticals sysnthesis -- Geometric and stereochemical aspects of nonaromatic heterocycles -- Synthetic heterocyclic compounds in agrucultural and other applications.

Heterocyclic chemistry is of prime importance as a sub-discipline of Organic Chemistry, as millions of heterocyclic compounds are known with more being synthesized regularly * Introduces students to heterocyclic chemistry and synthesis with practical examples of applied methodology * Emphasizes natural product and pharmaceutical applications * Provides graduate students and researchers in the pharmaceutical and related sciences with a background in the field * Includes problem sets with several chapters