Preobraženskij, N. A.: Aldehydogenic lipids - Recent developments in the chemistry of natural carbon compounds 4. (Budapest, 1971)

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL CARBON COMPOUNDS Volume IV The present volume of the series contains three monographs, written by distinguished re­searchers of the organic com­pounds treated. The study by N. A. Preobra­­zhenskii and G. A. Parfenov deals with the different types of nat­ural aldehydogenic lipids, such as the natural plasmalogens.The methods of isolation and analysis of plasmalogens and acetalphos­­phatides are discussed. Great emphasis is laid on the synthesis of this interesting class of com­pounds; the elucidation of the structure of these substances, their metabolism and the biolog­ical role of plasmalogens are described. In the part by N. K. Kochetkov and A. F. Bochkov, after a brief historical survey, the types of sugar orthoesters, their system­atization and nomenclature, chemical properties and reac­tions are discussed. This is fol­lowed by a description of the methods of synthesis and anal­ysis of these sugar derivatives, as well as a detailed treatment of structural problems and struc­ture elucidation is given. The great possibilities of applying these compounds in carbohy­drate synthesis are pointed out,

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