Amino Acids: Insights and Roles in Heterocyclic Chemistry (Volume 3: N-Carboxyanhydrides, N-Thiocarboxyanhydrides, Sydnones, and Sydnonimines)

Presents up-to-date detailed information on 2 types of heterocyclic compounds that originate from alpha-amino acids: NCAs/NTAs and sydnones/sydnonimines. It covers over 10 initiating systems for the NCA monomers to undergo the ring-opening polymerization. Also the methods to characterize these prepared polypeptides/polypeptoids are included.