Terpenes: Flavor, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones is a concise overview of the structures of terpenes and their applications and covers both the structure, natural sources, biological and pharmacological effects, as well as selected total syntheses.

This book includes a chapter on structure determination, as well as added information on biogenesis, polycyclic terpenes, gingkoloids and neo-hopanes. It is an ideal introductory book for anybody starting work in this field.

Contents

Terpenes: Importance, General Structure, and Biosynthesis

• Term and Significance
• General Structure: The Isoprene Rule
• Biosynthesis

Hemi- and Monoterpenes

• Hemiterpenes
• Acyclic Monoterpenes
• Monocyclic Monoterpenes
• Bicyclic Monoterpenes
• Cannabinoids

Sesquiterpenes

• Farnesanes
• Monocyclic Farnesane Sesquiterpenes
• Polycyclic Farnesane Sesquiterpenes
• Other Polycyclic Sesquiterpenes

Diterpenes

• Phytanes
• Cyclophytanes
• Bicyclophytanes
• Tricyclophytanes
• Tetracyclophytanes
• Cembranes and Cyclocembranes
• Prenylsesquiterpenes
• Ginkgolides

Sesterterpenes

• Acyclic Sesterterpenes
• Monocyclic Sesterterpenes
• Polycyclic Sesterterpenes

Triterpenes

• Linear Triterpenes
• Tetracyclic Triterpenes, Gonane Type
• Pentacyclic Triterpenes, Baccharane Type
• Pentacyclic Triterpenes, Hopane Type
• Other Pentacyclic Triterpenes
• Iridals

Tetraterpenes

• Carotenoids
• Apocarotenoids
• Diapocarotenoids
• Megastigmanes

Polyterpenes and Prenylquinones

• Polyterpenes
• Prenylquinones

Selected Syntheses of Terpenes

• Monoterpenes.
• Sesquiterpenes
• Diterpenes
• Triterpenes

Isolation and Structure Elucidation

• Isolation from Plants
• Spectroscopic Methods of Structure Elucidation
• Structure Elucidation of a Sesquiterpene
• Determination of the Crystal Structure
• Molecular Structure and Odor of Terpenes

Survey of Important Parent Skeletons of Terpenes
Index

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