CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 Introduction and General Aspects -- References -- Chapter 2 Free Sugars -- 1 Theoretical Aspects -- 2 Synthesis -- 3 Natural Products -- 4 Other Aspects -- References -- Chapter 3 Glycosides and Disaccharides -- 1 O-Glycosides -- 2 S-, Se- and Te-Glycosides -- 3 C-Glycosides -- References -- Chapter 4 Oligosaccharides -- 1 General -- 2 Trisaccharides -- 3 Tetrasaccharides -- 4 Pentasaccharides -- 5 Hexasaccharides -- 6 Heptasaccharides -- 7 Octasaccharides -- 8 Higher Saccharides -- 9 Cyclodextrins -- References -- Chapter 5 Ethers and Anhydro-sugars -- 1 Ethers -- 2 Intramolecular Ethers (Anhydro-sugars) -- References -- Chapter 6 Acetals -- 1 Isopropylidene, Benzylidene and Methylidene Acetals -- 2 Other Acetals -- References -- Chapter 7 Esters -- 1 Carboxylic Esters -- 2 Phosphates and Related Esters -- 3 Sulfates and Related Esters -- 4 Other Esters -- References -- Chapter 8 Halogeno-sugars -- 1 Fluoro-sugars -- 2 Chloro-, Bromo- and Iodo-sugars -- References -- Chapter 9 Amino-sugars -- 1 Natural Products -- 2 Syntheses -- 3 Reactions and Derivatives -- 4 Diamino-sugars -- References -- Chapter 10 Miscellaneous Nitrogen-containing Derivatives -- 1 Glycosylamines and Related Glycosyl-N-bonded Compounds -- 2 Azido-sugars -- 3 Nitro-sugars -- 4 Oximes, Hydroxylamines, Nitrones and Isonitriles -- 5 Nitriles, Tetrazoles and Related Compounds -- 6 Hydrazines, Hydrazones and Related Compounds -- 7 Other Heterocycles -- References -- Chapter 11 Thio-, Seleno- and Telluro-sugars -- 1 Thiosugars -- 2 Seleno- and Telluro-sugars -- References -- Chapter 12 Deoxy-sugars -- References -- Chapter 13 Unsaturated Derivatives -- 1 Pyranoid Derivatives -- 2 Furanoid Derivatives -- 3 Septanoid Derivatives -- 4 Acyclic Derivatives -- References -- Chapter 14 Branched-chain Sugars -- 1 Compounds with a C-C-C Branch-point.

2 Compounds with a C-C-C Branch-point (R = C or H) -- 3 Compounds with a C-C-C Branch-point -- 4 Compounds with a C-C-C Branch-point -- 5 Compounds with a C-C-C or C=C-C Branch-point -- References -- Chapter 15 Aldosuloses and Other Dicarbonyl Compounds -- 1 Aldosuloses -- 2 Other Dicarbonyl Compounds -- References -- Chapter 16 Sugar Acids and Lactones -- 1 Aldonic Acids and Lactones -- 2 Ulosonic Acids -- 3 Uronic Acids -- 4 Aldaric Acids -- 5 Ascorbic Acids -- References -- Chapter 17 Inorganic Derivatives -- 1 Carbon-bonded Phosphorus Derivatives -- 2 Other Carbon-bonded Derivatives -- 3 Oxygen-bonded Derivatives -- References -- Chapter 18 Alditols and Cyclitols -- 1 Alditols and Derivatives -- 2 Cyclitols and Derivatives -- References -- Chapter 19 Antibiotics -- 1 Aminoglycosides and Aminocyclitols -- 2 Macrolide Antibiotics -- 3 Anthracyclines and Other Glycosylated Polycyclic Antibiotics -- 4 Nucleoside Antibiotics -- 5 Other Types of Carbohydrate Antibiotics -- References -- Chapter 20 Nucleosides -- 1 General -- 2 Synthesis -- 3 Anhydro- and Cyclo-nucleosides -- 4 Deoxynucleosides -- 5 Halogenonucleosides -- 6 Nucleosides with Nitrogen-substituted Sugars -- 7 Thio- and Seleno-nucleosides -- 8 Nucleosides with Branched-chain Sugars -- 9 Nucleosides of Unsaturated Sugars, Aldosuloses and Uronic Acids -- 10 C- Nucleosides -- 11 Carbocyclic Nucleoside Analogues -- 12 Nucleoside Phosphates and Phosphonates -- 13 Oligonucleotide Analogues with Phosphorus-free Linkages -- 14 Ethers, Esters and Acetals of Nucleosides -- 15 Other Types of Nucleoside Analogues -- 16 Reactions -- References -- Chapter 21 NMR Spectroscopy and Conformational Features -- 1 General Aspects -- 2 Acyclic Systems -- 3 Furanose Systems -- 4 Pyranose and Related Systems -- 5 Disaccharides -- 6 Oligosaccharides -- 7 Other Compounds -- 8 NMR of Nuclei Other than 1 H and 13 C.

References -- Chapter 22 Other Physical Methods -- 1 IR Spectroscopy -- 2 Mass Spectrometry -- 3 X-Ray and Neutron Diffraction Crystallography -- 4 UV Spectroscopy, Polarimetry, Circular Dichroism, Calorimetry and Other Physical Studies -- 5 ESR Spectroscopy -- References -- Chapter 23 Separatory and Analytical Methods -- 1 Chromatographic Methods -- 2 Electrophoresis -- 3 Other Analytical Methods -- References -- Chapter 24 Synthesis of Enantiomerically Pure Non-carbohydrate Compounds -- 1 Carbocyclic Compounds -- 2 Lactones -- 3 Macrolides and Their Constituent Segments -- 4 Other Oxygen Heterocycles -- 5 N- and S-Heterocycles -- 6 Acyclic Compounds -- 7 Carbohydrates as Chiral Auxiliaries, Reagents and Catalysts -- References -- Author Index.