This is a thoroughly updated edition of one of the best selling titles in the Oxford Chemistry Primer series. John Jones provides an excellent, easy to read introduction to amino acid and peptide synthesis aimed at second and final year students. The text begins with a brief survey of the role and diversity of amino acids, peptides, and proteins in nature, and goes on to describe and explain the principal methods of chemical synthesis. With its emphasis on chemical principles and strategies rather than detailed technical matters, the book will be essential reading for all students of...

This book provides a basic introduction to metal-metal bonded carbonyl dimers and clusters and covers their structures and syntheses. It discusses localized bonding schemes and their limitations, and provides an introduction to bonding schemes appropriate for clusters. It also offers an introduction to derivatives, including hydrides, phosphine derivatives, dimers and clusters with organic ligands, and clusters containing units with p-block elements, including interstitial atoms. The final section of the book provides problems which can be used to test readers' knowledge of the principles as...

Computers have become an integral part of chemistry. Virtually all modern scientific instrumentation contains some form of computer and, indeed, the operation of many instruments has become so complex that it is impossible without some degree of computer control. It is vital for the modern student of chemistry to have at least a basic knowledge of computers, and the deeper that knowledge is, the better use will be made of the techniques available.
Computers in Chemistry provides an excellent overview of computers and their use in chemistry, giving the student an insight into both the...