Beta-Lactams

Chapter 1 Synthesis of Diverse β-Lactams: Role of Appended Hetero Moiety on Its Activity

Chapter 2 Role of Transition Metal Reagents in β-Lactam Synthesis: New Paradigms

Chapter 3 4-Vinyloxyazetidin-2-one, a Novel Substrate for β-Lactam Synthesis

Chapter 4 β -Lactams from Ketene-Imine Cycloadditions: An Update

Chapter 5 Recent Approaches Toward the Generation of Molecular Diversity Based on β-Lactam Structures

Chapter 6 Synthesis of Five-Membered Heterocycles Through β-Lactam Ring-Expansion Reaction

Chapter 7 β-Lactams Through Single Bond Ring Closing: Methods, Transformations and Bioactivity

Chapter 9 Βeta-Lactams as Clinically Active Medicines

Chapter 10 Nanochemistry in Drug Design

Chapter 11 Asymmetric Synthesis of β-Lactams via the Ketene-Imine Cycloaddition

Chapter 12 The Never-Ending Story of β-Lactams: Use as Molecular Scaffolds and Building Blocks