The Organic Chemistry of Biological Pathways

This textbook was written for an audience of advanced undergraduates and graduate students who want a deeper understanding of the chemical reactions that take place in living organisms.The authors assume readers have a background in organic chemistry at the level of the typical two-semester college course.Although enzymes are crucial to biological reactions, the authors' focus always remains on the reactivity patterns of the substrate molecules and on the organic, arrow-pushing details of the individual reactions.All mechanisms have been updated in this second edition, and several hundred references to recent literature are given for those students who want more detail.