New Directions in Organic & Biological Chemistry
About the Book Series
Organic and biological chemistry both center carbon-based chemistry, and together they are a central division of chemistry research. Research in organic and biological chemistry continues to create rapid progress continues in both existing areas and new avenues of research. This book series encompasses state-of-the-art research across all areas of organic and biological chemistry, including developments in basic science, spectroscopy, and novel applications. The series is intended to be wide in scope and provides a vehicle for the publication of edited review volumes, monographs, and manuals of experimental practice.
Topic Areas Include:
- Synthetic chemistry
- Natural products chemistry
- Materials chemistry
- Polymer chemistry
- Supramolecular chemistry
- Electrochemistry
- Organometallic chemistry
- Green chemistry
- Chemical biology
- Synthetic biology, e.g. the engineering of natural systems towards novel functions
- Bioorthogonal reactions
- Combinatorial chemistry
- Glycobiology
- Biomolecular interactions, including protein-protein, protein-DNA, protein-lipid, protein-carbohydrate interactions
- Enzyme/protein mechanism
- Development of physical methods and tools, e.g. spectroscopic and imaging techniques
Series Adviser
Philip Page
Natural Occurrence and Biological Activities of Quinoline Derivatives
1st Edition
By Shahriar Khadem, Robin J. Marles
December 29, 2025
This latest volume in the New Directions in Organic & Biological Chemistry series provides a comprehensive overview of quinoline derivatives, focusing on their chemical structure, biological activities, and therapeutic benefits. It delves into the natural sources of these derivatives, covering ...
Anticancer Activity in Heterocyclic Organic Structures: A Pathway to Novel Drug Development Part 1
1st Edition
By Larbi El Mchichi, Mohammed Bouachrine, Tahar Lakhlifi
November 04, 2025
This new volume in New Directions in Organic & Biological Chemistry, explores the development of cancer therapeutics, focusing on molecular chemistry and advanced drug design approaches. Written by experts in theoretical chemistry and molecular chemistry, they bridge the gap between theoretical...
Catalytic Role of Amino Acids in Organic Reactions
1st Edition
By Zahra Taherinia, Arash Ghorbani-Choghamarani, Zahra Moradi, Zahra Heidarnezhad, Farhad Khanmohammadi-Sarabib, Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
June 23, 2025
Asymmetric organometallic and organocatalytic processes have attracted great interest. Asymmetric synthesis using both natural and unnatural amino acids has been tremendously important from synthetic as well as industrial viewpoints, and numerous new methodologies have been developed in the last ...
Chiral Ligands: Evolution of Ligand Libraries for Asymmetric Catalysis
1st Edition
Edited
By Montserrat Diéguez
May 27, 2024
Many new drugs on the market are chiral compounds, that is, they can exist in two non-superimposable mirror-image forms. Asymmetric catalysis encompasses a large variety of processes for obtaining such compounds. The performance of the catalyst in those processes largely depends on the ligand that ...
Concerted Organic and Bio-Organic Mechanisms
1st Edition
By Andrew Williams
October 27, 1999
The concept of concerted mechanisms was formulated nearly 90 years ago and virtually all general organic chemistry texts mention it. Until now, however, no monograph has addressed the concept explicitly. Over the last two decades, substantial advancements made in the development of precise methods ...
Chemical Approaches to the Synthesis of Peptides and Proteins
1st Edition
By Paul Lloyd-Williams, Fernando Albericio, Ernest Giralt
April 23, 1997
Organic chemists working on the synthesis of natural products have long found a special challenge in the preparation of peptides and proteins. However, more reliable, more efficient synthetic preparation methods have been developed in recent years. This reference evaluates the most important ...
Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis
1st Edition
By Ender Erdik
June 05, 1996
Organozinc reagents are used extensively in organic synthesis to find useful pathways to organic products. Illustrated and tabulated with over 950 equations, schemes, tables, and figures, Organozinc Reagents in Organic Synthesis provides an overall picture of the chemistry of organozinc compounds. ...
Activated Metals in Organic Synthesis
1st Edition
By P. Cintas
May 18, 1993
Activated Metals in Organic Synthesis discusses fundamental principles of the generation of activated, highly reactive metals, and their applications in organic synthesis. Following an introductory chapter on basic forms of metals the chapters in Part 1 are devoted to common strategies utilized for...