Bioactive Heterocyclic Compound Classes: Pharmaceuticals and Agrochemicals

<p>Filling a gap in the market, this two-volume set is the first to present important pharmaceuticals as well as agrochemical pesticides in one handy work.<br />Each of the around 40 chapters covers in a concise manner one class of heterocycles, clearly structured as follows:<br />* Structural formulas of most important examples (market products)<br />* Short background of history or discovery<br />* Typical syntheses of important examples<br />* Mode of action<br />* Characteristic biological activity<br />* Structure-activity relationship<br />* Additional chemistry information (e.g. further transformations, alternative syntheses, metabolic pathways, etc.)<br />* References.<br />A valuable one-stop reference source for researchers in academia and industry as well as for graduate students with career aspirations in the field of pharmaceutical and agrochemical chemistry.</p>