Table of Contents

Preliminary Matters--Structures, Shapes and Sources.

Reactions and Products of Reactions at the Anomeric Centre.

Reactions and Products of Reactions at Non-Anomeric Carbon Atoms.

Reactions and Products of Reactions of the Hydroxyl Groups.

The Chemical Synthesis of Oligosaccharides.

Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Non-Carbohydrate Compounds by Use of Monosaccharides.

Natural Products Related to and Containing Monosaccharides.

Appendices.

Indexes.

About the Author

Peter C. Collins is the author of Monosaccharides: Their Chemistry and Their Roles in Natural Products, published by Wiley.

Robert J. Ferrier is the author of Monosaccharides: Their Chemistry and Their Roles in Natural Products, published by Wiley.