"This introductory textbook provides a perfectly structured and concise overview of this class of natural products, together with their major applications. It covers the systematics of terpenoid structures, the natural origin of terpenes as well as selected total syntheses, for …
Preface p. IX 1 Terpenes: Importance, General Structure, and Biosynthesis p. 1 1.1 Term and Significance p. 1 1.2 General Structure: The Isoprene Rule p. 2 1.3 Biosynthesis p. 3 2 Hemi- and Monoterpenes p. 10 2.1 Hemiterpenes p. 10 2.2 Acyclic Monoterpenes p. 10 2.3 Monocyclic M…
