Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry of Fluorine

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John Wiley & Sons, Jun 2, 2008 - Science - 384 pages
  • Provides a thorough overview of the role of fluorine in pharmaceutical science and development
  • Includes chapters on fluorinated analogues of natural products, fluorinated amino acids and peptides, and derivatives of sugars
  • Classifies marketed and in-development fluorinated pharmaceuticals according to their therapeutic classes
 

Contents

1 General Remarks on Structural Physical and Chemical Properties of Fluorinated Compounds
1
2 Overview on the Preparation of Fluorinated Compounds
23
3 Effects of Fluorine Substitution on Biological Properties
72
4 Fluorinated Analogues of Natural Products
99
5 Fluorinated Derivatives of αAmino Acids and Proteins
146
6 Saccharidic Fluorinated Derivatives
180
7 Inhibition of Enzymes by Fluorinated Compounds
223
8 Fluorinated Drugs
279
Index
353
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Jean-Pierre Begue, PHD, is Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. Danièle Bonnet-Delpon, PHD, is Director of Research at CNRS. The authors and their coworkers have developed the chemistry of fluorinated compounds, from organic synthesis to medicinal chemistry.

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