Preface

This volume of Advances in Organic Synthesis presents some recent exciting developments in synthetic organic chemistry. It covers a range of topics including asymmetric synthesis of chiral flavanones, chromanones and chromenes, supramolecular chemistry of modified amino acids and short peptides, the use of nanocatalysts in the synthesis of heterocycles, synthesis and applications of 1,2,3-triazoles and ring C–H functionalization of aromatic N-oxides. Important and novel approaches to the construction of complex organic compounds are presented.

The book should prove to be a resource for synthetic organic chemists, medicinal chemists, pharmaceutical scientists and postgraduate students seeking critically important information about recent developments in synthetic organic chemistry. The chapters are written by authorities in the field.

I hope that the readers will find these reviews valuable and thought-provoking so that they may prompt further research.

I am thankful to the efficient team of Bentham Science Publishers especially Dr. Faryal Sami (Manager Publications), Mr. Shehzad Iqbal Naqvi (Editorial Manager Publications) and Mr. Mahmood Alam (Director Publications).