Enchanted Ring The Untold Story of Penicillin

Name: Enchanted Ring The Untold Story of Penicillin
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ISBN: 9780262690850

ISBN-10: 0262690853

ISBN-13: 9780262690850

Edition: 1984

Authors: John C. Sheehan, Edward Abraham

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Description:

The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intractable beta-lactam structure or "enchanted ring," proved to be one of the most difficult problems ever undertaken by organic chemists. In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synthesizing penicillin after others had given up, recounts the discovery and development of this remarkable drug.

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 4/26/1984
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



The Lonely Search



Early History of Penicillin



Developing the Secret Weapon



The Impossible Problem



The Conquest of Penicillin



Ordinary Skill in the Art


Epilogue Penicillin: A Molecule Ahead of Its Time


Selected Bibliography


Index