Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-503) and index.
Foreword.Preface to the Third Edition.Abbreviations.Synthesis of Carbon Chains.Carbocycles.Functional Group Interconversion (FGI). Heterocycles and Arenes.Biopolymers and Dendrimers.Combinatorial Mixtures and Selection.Concepts in Nanometer-Sized Skeletons and Modules. The Internet and the Feedstock. Retrosynthetic Analysis, Sketches of Syntheses, Tandem Reactions and Green Chemistry.Seventy-Seven Conclusions in Alphabetical Order.References.Subject Index.