Science of synthesis

"The two volumes of C-1 Buildings Blocks in Organic Synthesis provide a critical overview of synthetic organic reations that add one carbon atom to a substrate. Adding a C-1 unit to an organic molecule is an important way of bringing about variation of an active component, whatever function it may have. Alternatively, the new C-1 unit can serve as a bridge to further modification. The number of reagents available as C-1 building blocks is limited, but the reaction types that can be applied for each of them vary considerably" --Back cover.