Methods of Non-a-Amino Acid Synthesis, 2nd Edition

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Preface to the Second Edition

The rst edition of this book was published just under 20 years ago. During this

time, many new publications have appeared that expand the synthetic work devoted

to the preparation of non-α-amino acids. This new edition continues the work of

the rst edition to give a representative overview of the synthesis of non-α-amino

acids beginning with the year 1962. New literature references expand this work to

include literature after 1995 through 2012. As with the rst edition, this edition will

focus on acyclic amino acids of C

3

–C

10

, but also aminoalkanoic carboxylic acids,

aminoalkenoic acids, and aminoalkynoic acids. ...