Reason and imagination : reflections on research in organic chemistry : selected papers of Derek H.R. Barton / editor, Derek H.R. Barton

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The purpose of this book has been to highlight the most important and most original papers that Prof Barton have published during the last 55 years since he first began research in 1940. It is about the recognition of new principles in Organic Chemistry. It is also about the discovery and invention of Chemical Reactions. In addition, it deals with the determination of structure by chemical degradation during the epoch when physical methods were not well developed. Also presented are new reagents and new types of functional groups never seen in chemistry before. The overall aim of the collected papers is to show how thought can direct original research and to demonstrate how thought about old or new chemical facts can lead to originality. This is further illuminated by commentaries which Prof Barton has written to accompany these papers.