Book Companion
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis
Edition 1
Welcome to the Companion site for Kurti, Czako: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis, 1st Edition.
László and Barbara are currently working on the second edition of the book (SANROS 2). This project is ambitious and you can read about the major goals by clicking on the Project Goals link.
The two key aspects of the project are to:
(a) incorporate around 100 new named reactions and
(b) provide brand new synthetic examples for all original 250 named reactions.
Given the continued popularity and widespread use of the book worldwide, we decided to ask the organic chemistry community at large (e.g., students, postdocs, professors, researchers in the pharma and biotech industries) to send in their suggestions for both new named reactions and corresponding synthetic examples as well as new synthetic examples for those reactions currently in the first edition of SANROS. We believe that this way the new edition will reflect more diverse named organic transformations and synthetic examples than we could otherwise achieve on our own.
In order to facilitate the submission of suggested new reactions and examples, we created online forms that will send the form contents directly to the authors. As a way to thank the contributors whose suggested new named reaction and/or new synthetic example gets incorporated in the new edition, their names and affiliation will be listed in the Front Matter of the book. Moreover, the first 20 most prolific contributors, will get a free copy of SANROS 2 signed by both authors upon its publication.
We also provide herein a downloadable ChemDraw Template that can be used to submit a suggested new named reaction or synthetic application. Using this template will help the authors in the selection process when considering which suggested example or reaction to incorporate.
Finally, the PDF file for two new named reactions are also listed on this webpage that can be downloaded. The new format has not been finalized but SANROS 2 will stick to the successful 2-page format.
The authors thank the organic chemistry community for the many helpful suggestions, corrections and feedback during the past 12 years and looking forward to receiving many great suggestions for new named reactions and synthetic examples to be incorporated in SANROS 2.
Elsevier’s new ChemApp is here!
Elsevier’s new ChemApp is based on the bestselling book Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis by László Kürti and Barbara Czakó.
Download the free version of this interactive app and access 25 of the book’s 250 reactions, named after their discoverers and developers. The full version, which can be obtained by an in-app purchase, includes details for the 250 reactions, over 1400 chemical schemes and over 1300 references from the book.
The app takes the book content to a new level by allowing many more useful ways for chemists to search, learn and apply named reactions.
Key features of the free and full apps:
Search reactions by type, category, name and functional groups -- find a reaction from a number of different starting points!
An easy-to-use transformation search tool filters reactions by reactant or product.
Search reactions in new ways not possible in the book including by the yield, reagent and solvent.
Each reaction contains a detailed Overview, which includes a summary of the particular transformation the reaction performs; the Mechanism, which reveals how the reaction works; Applications, showing how the reaction is used in practice; and References for further reading.
A list of over 450 chemical abbreviations show the full name and structure, where relevant.
With just a few taps you can quickly answer:
What was the name of that reaction?
What does a reaction do?
What reaction could I use?
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