Organic Synthesis Workbook 111

Organic synthesis is at the heart of chemistry. Although today interdisciplinary areas between
chemistry and biology or between chemistry and material sciences are ofien believed to provide
the main driving forces for the advancement of chemistry, I am convinced that the development
of efficient and environmentally benign synthetic methods is still one of the most important goals
of current chemical research. Significantly, a majority of all chemists doing research in industry
or academia are faced in their daily lives with demands for the efficient synthesis of new
molecules....