Note: Polymers -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 Research Opportunities for NRL -- POLYMER SURFACES AND INTERFACES -- SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION -- Novel Syntheses -- Supramolecular Chemistry -- Polymer-Ceramic Composites -- Mechanical Properties and Failure Mechanisms -- THEORY, MODELING, AND SIMULATIONS -- Theoretical Modeling -- Computer Simulations -- BIOMIMETICS, BIOCOMPOSITES, AND BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- Biomimetics -- Biocomposites -- Biomedical Applications -- ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES -- POLYMERS WITH OTHER SPECIAL PROPERTIES -- Reduced Flammability -- Controlled Transport -- Controlled Release -- Membranes and Microfilters -- Appendix A Current and Promising Polymer Research Topics -- Appendix B Present and Potential Future Uses of Polymers by the Navy -- Appendix C Research in Progress at NRL -- MATERIALS -- Materials with Specific Properties -- Classes of Materials -- CHARACTERIZATION.

Note: THE TOTAL SYNTHESIS OF NATURAL PRODUCTS -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Reagent Glossary -- III. BICYCLIC SESQUITERPENES -- A. Eudesmanes -- 1. B-Eudesmol, a-Eudesmol, Intermediol, Neointermediol, Amiteol, Cycloeudesmol, Maaliol, a-Selinene, B-Selinene, Y-Selinene, Selinadiene, AE I , Vetiselinene -- 2. B-Dictyopterol, Selin-4(15)-ene-1B,11-diol, Balanitol, Occidentalol, Isochamaecynone, Chamaecynone, Emmotin-G, Occidol -- 3. Amitermes Defensive Substance, Isocelorbicol -- 4. a-Cyperone, B-Cyperone, Carissone -- 5. Eudesma-4( 14),7(11)-diene-8-one, Arctiol, B-Costol, B-Costal, Isocostic Acid, 3-Oxoisocostic Acid, 1- Oxocostic Acid -- 6. a-Costal, 7-Hydroxycostol, 7-Hydroxycostal -- 7. 3-Oxoeudesmatrienoic Acid, 12,15-Dioxaselina-4,11- diene -- 8. Junenol, Acolamone -- 9. Atractylon, Lindestrene, Tubipofuran -- 10. Glutinosone -- 11. Dehydroasterolide, Dihydrocallitrisin, Isoalantolactone, Septuplinolide, Ivalin, Oxodiplophyllin, Yomogin -- 12. Frullanolide, Tuberiferin, Deoxybrachylaenolide, Gazanolide, Arbusculin D, 3-Oxo-11-hydroxy- eudesmadienolide, Magnolialide, Maritimin, Dihydrosantamarine, asantonin -- B. Cadinanes -- 1. Calamenene, Hydroxycalamenenes,Methoxycalamenenes -- 2. Mansonones, Perezinone -- 3. 7,8-Dihydroxy.ll,12.dehydrocalamenene, Heritol -- 4. Lacinilene C -- 5. a-Cadinene, y2-Cadinene, e-Cadinene, e-Muurolene, B-Cadinene, G-Cadinene -- 6. Zonarene, Dihydropernetic Acid B, Veticadinol, Torreyol, Isocalamenediol, Cubenol, Epicubenol -- 7. 1,4.Epoxycadinane, Verboccidentafuran, Hibiscone,Arteannuin B -- 8. Halipanicine, Sclerosporin, Sclerosporal, Khusilal -- C. Drimanes -- 1. Bicyclofarnesic Acid, Drimenol, Albicanyl Acetate, Albicanol, Farnesiferol A -- 2. Euryfuran, Valdiviolide, Confertifolin, Isodrimenin, Cinnamolide, Polygodial, Drimenin. , 3. Fragrolide, Cinnamodial, Warburganal, Isotadeonal, Muzigidial, Colorata-4(13),8-dienolide, 3B-Acetoxydrimenin, Pereniporin A, Pereniporin B -- 4. Driman-8,11-diol, Drim-9(11)-en-8-ol, 7-Oxo-ll-nordrimen-8-en-12-oic Acid, 1,1,5,6-Tetramethyltetralin -- D. Eremophilanes -- 1. Nootkatone, Valencene, Isovalencenic Acid, Isovalencenol, Eremoligenol, Eremophilene, Valerianol, Eremophilone, Dehydrofukinone, Aristolone, Isopetasol, Petasol, Petasitolone -- 2. Phomenone, Eremofortin B, Sporogen-AO 1 -- 3. Ligularenolide, Ligularone, Petasalbine, Eremophilenolide, Furanoeremophilone, Furanoeremophilan-14,6 a-olide -- E. Miscellaneous Hydronaphthalenes -- 1. Acetyldehydrorishitinol, Cinalbicol, 4- Methoxyisocadalene, 4-Hydroxyisocadalene, 1- Hydroxyisocadal-4-one, 2-Methoxy-7-norcalamenene, Maturone, Platyphyllide -- 2. Ambrox, Pallescensin A -- 3. Furodysin, Furodysinin -- 4. Lemnal-Sa-en-2-0ne, Kanshone A, Nardosinone -- 5. Valerane, Valeranone, Cryptofauronol, Fauronyl Acetate -- 6. Isoacanthodoral, Nanaiomoal -- 7. Thujopsene -- F. Fused Ring Compounds: 6,3 -- 1. Sirenin, Sesquicarene,Isosesquicarene -- G. Fused Ring Compounds: 6,5 -- 1. Pterosins -- 2. Pacifigorgiol, Tamariscol -- 3. Brasilenol, Conocephalenol -- 4. Axamide-1. Axisonitrile-1. Axamide-4. Axisonitrile-4,Axisothiocyanate-4, Oppositol -- 5. Pinguisone, Deoxopinguisone -- 6. Alliacolide -- 7. Chiloscyphone -- 8. Coriamyrtin, Asteromurin, Picrotoxinin, Picrotin -- 9. Oplopanone, Anhydrooplopanone -- 10. Bakkenolide A, Homogynolide A, Homogynolide B,Palmosalide C -- 11. Thapsane -- 12. Valerenal -- 13. 8-Deoxyanisatin. Anisatin. Neoanisatin. Noranisatin -- 14. Isovelleral. Stearoylvelutinal -- 15. Marmalerin -- H. Fused Ring Compounds: 6,7 -- 1. ar-Himachalene. a-Himachalene. B-Himachalene. y- Himachalene -- 2. Perforenone. Guadalupol. Epiguadalupol. Perforene -- 3. Widdrol. , 4. Pallescensin E, Pallescensin F, Pallescensin G -- I. Fused Ring Compounds: 6,8 -- 1. Neolemnane. Neolemnanyl Acetate. Parvifolin -- J. Fused Ring Compounds: 5,7 -- 1. Lettucenin A -- 2. B-Bulnesene, a-Bulnesol -- 3. Gnididione -- 4. Curcumenol, Curcumol -- 5. Liguloxide, Kessane -- 6. Alismol -- 7. Guaianolides: Compressanolide, Estafiatin -- 8. Guaianolides: Arborescin. 3-Epizaluzanin C. Zaluzanin C. Mokko Lactone. Dehydrocostus Lactone. Eremanthin -- 9. Guaianolides: Grosshemin. Oxoisodehydroleucodin. Jalcagauianolide -- 10. Pseudoguaianolides: Ambrosanolides-Confertin. Rudmollin -- 11. Pseudoguaianolides: Helananolides- Aromatin. Aromaticin. Graveolide. Fastigilin C. Carpesiolin -- 12. Daucene, Aspterric Acid -- 13. Mintsulfide, Aphanamol-I, 2-0xoisodauc-5-en-12-al -- 14. Furanol. Furanether A. Furanether B. Furandiol. Lactarorufin A. Furoscrobiculin B -- 15. Africanol -- 16. Spathulenol. Alloaromadendrane.4a.lOa.diol. Cyclocolorenone. Didehydroaromadendrane -- 17. Clavukerin A, Clavukerin C, Clavularin A and B -- K. Fused Ring Compounds: 5,8 -- 1. Precapnelladiene -- 2. Poitediol -- 3. Dactylol -- 4. Asteriscanolide -- L. Fused Ring Compounds: 4,9 -- 1. Isocaryophyllene, Caryophyllene -- 2. Punctaporonin B -- M. Fused Ring Compounds: 5,5 -- 1. Pentalenolactone E -- 2. Pentalenolactone H, Pentalenolactone G,Pentalenolactone H, Pentalenolactone P -- N. Isolated Rings -- 1. Cuparene, Herbertene, Tochuinol -- 2. a.Cuparenone, B-Cuparenone -- 3. Laurene, Epilaurene, Isolaurene -- 4. Allolaurinterol, Cyclolaurene -- 5. Aplysin, Filiformin, Aplysinol, Isoaplysin -- 6. Trichodiene, Bazzanene -- 7. Trichodermol, Verrucarol -- 8. Calonectrin, Anguidine -- 9. 12.13.Epoxytrichothec-9-ene, 15-Hydroxytrichothec-9,12-diene -- 10. Neosporol, Sporol -- 11. Dihydrofomannosin Acetate, Fomannosin -- O. Spirocyclic Systems. , 1. Acoradiene, a-Acoradiene, Acoratriene, B-Acorenol,B-Acoradiene -- 2. Acorone, Acorenone, Acorenone B -- 3. Hinesol, Agarospirol, a-Vetispirene, B-Vetispirene -- 4. B-Vetivone, Anhydro-B-rotunol -- 5. Solavetivone, 15-nor,Solavetivone, 3- Hydroxysolavetivone, Aglycone A3, Lubimin, Oxylubimin, Isolubimin, Lubiminol -- 6. Vitrenal -- 7. Spirolaurenone -- 8. Erythrodiene -- 9. Cinera-5,7,11-trien-9-one -- 10. a-Chamigrene, B-Chamigrene,Bromomethylenechamigrenone -- P. Bridged Systems -- 1. B-Santalol, B-Santalene, epi-B-Santalene, a-Santalol, a-Santalene -- 2. a-cis-Bergamotene, B-cis-Bergamotene, p-trans-Bergamotene, (E)-endo-a-Bergamoten-12-oic acid, (E)-endo-B-Bergamoten-12-oic acid, Pinthunamide -- 3. Helminthosporal -- 4. Upial -- 5. Nakafuran-8, Nakafuran-9, Dihydropallescensin -- 6. Dihydrospiniferin-1, Spiniferin-1 -- IV. TRICYCLIC SESQUITERPENES -- A. Angular Triquinanes -- 1. Isocomene -- 2. Silphinene, 8-Oxo-silphinene -- 3. Pentalenene, Pentalenic Acid -- 4. Silphiperfolenes, Methyl Cantabrenonate,Subergorgic Acid -- B. Propellanes -- 1. Modhephene -- C. Linear Triquinanes -- 1. Hirsutene -- 2. Capnellenes -- 3. Coriolin, Hypnophilin -- 4. Hirsutic Acid C, Cerotopicanol -- D. Miscellaneous Fused Tricyclic Sesquiterpenes -- 1. B-Bourbonene, Panasinsene, Italicene -- 2. Protoillud-6-ene, 8-Hydroxy-protoillud-6-ene, Illudol -- 3. Punctatin A, Ptaquilosin, Illudin M -- 4. Sterpuric Acid, Sterpurene-3,12,14-triol, Sterpurene -- E. Bridged Tricyclic Sesquiterpenes -- 1. Khusimone, Zizaene, Zizanoic acid, Prezizaene,Prezizanol, Jinkohol -- 2. Patchouli alcohol, Norpatchoulenol. Seychellene, Cycloseychellene -- 3. Longifolene, Culmorin, Longiborneol -- 4. Copacamphor, Ylangocamphor, Cyclosativene, Sativene, cis-Sativenediol, Sinularene, Acetoxysinularene -- 5. Quadrone. , 6. Cedrene, Isocedrenes, 8,14-Cedranoxide, 8,14-Cedranediol, Biotol, Pipitzols -- 7. a-Copaene, B-Copaene, B-Ylangene, Lemnalol, Longipinene -- 8. 9-Isocyanopupukeanane -- 9. Gymnomitrol -- 10. Secoishwaranol, Ishwarane -- 11. Rhodolauradiol, Khusiol -- Epilogue -- References -- Skeleton Index -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

Note: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- DEDICATION AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- Table of Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- 1: The Nature of Polymeric Materials -- A. WHAT ARE POLYMERS-WHAT IS POLYMER SCIENCE? -- B. SOME BASIC DEFINITIONS-THE ELEMENTS OF POLYMER MICROSTRUCTURE -- C. MOLECULAR WEIGHT-SOME INITIAL OBSERVATIONS -- D. STUDY QUESTIONS -- E. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- F. APPENDIX: CHEMICAL STRUCTURES OF SOME COMMON POLYMERS -- 2: Polymer Synthesis -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION -- C. CHAIN OR ADDITION POLYMERIZATION -- D. POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES -- E. STUDY QUESTIONS -- F. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 3: Kinetics of Step-Growth and Addition Polymerization -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE KINETICS OF STEP-GROWTH POLYMERIZATION -- C. KINETICS OF FREE RADICAL POLYMERIZATION -- D. STUDY QUESTIONS -- E. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 4: Statistics of Step-Growth Polymerizations -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE STATISTICS OF LINEAR POLYCONDENSATION -- C. MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTIONS IN LINEAR CONDENSATION POLYMERS -- D. MULTICHAIN CONDENSATION POLYMERS -- E. THEORY OF GELATION -- F. RANDOM BRANCHING WITHOUT NETWORK FORMATION -- G. STUDY QUESTIONS -- H. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 5: Copolymerization -- A. GENERAL OVERVIEW -- B. THE COPOLYMER EQUATION -- C. REACTIVITY RATIOS AND COPOLYMER COMPOSITION -- D. COPOLYMER SEQUENCE DISTRIBUTION AND THE APPLICATION OF PROBABILITY THEORY -- E. STUDY QUESTIONS -- F. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 6: Spectroscopy and the Characterization of Chain Structure -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. FUNDAMENTALS OF SPECTROSCOPY -- C. BASIC INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY -- D. CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERS BY INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY -- E. BASIC NMR SPECTROSCOPY -- F. CHARACTERIZATION OF POLYMERS BY NMR SPECTROSCOPY -- G. STUDY QUESTIONS. , H. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 7: Structure -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. STATES OF MATTER AND BONDING IN POLYMER MATERIALS -- C. THE CONFORMATIONS OR CONFIGURATIONS OF POLYMER CHAINS -- D. RANDOM WALKS, RANDOM FLIGHTS AND DISORDERED POLYMER CHAINS -- E. POLYMER MORPHOLOGY -- F. FINAL WORDS-A BRIEF COMMENT ON SIZE -- G. STUDY QUESTIONS -- H. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 8: Crystallization, Melting and the Glass Transition -- A. OVERVIEW AND GENERAL APPROACH -- B. SOME FUNDAMENTALS -- C. CRYSTALLIZATION AND MELTING: SOME EQUILIBRIUM CONSIDERATIONS -- D. THE KINETICS OF POLYMER CRYSTALLIZATION -- E. THE CRYSTALLINE MELTING TEMPERATURE -- F. THE GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE -- G. STUDY QUESTIONS -- H. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 9: Thermodynamics of Polymer Solutions and Blends -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. THE FREE ENERGY OF MIXING -- C. THE PHASE BEHAVIOR OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS AND BLENDS -- D. DILUTE SOLUTIONS, EXCLUDED VOLUME AND THE THETA TEMPERATURE -- E. STUDY QUESTIONS -- F. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 10: Molecular Weight and Branching -- A. INTRODUCTION -- B. OSMOTIC PRESSURE AND THE DETERMINATION OF NUMBER AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT -- C. LIGHT SCATTERING AND THE DETERMINATION OF WEIGHT AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT -- D. SOLUTION VISCOMETRY AND THE VISCOSITY AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT -- E. SIZE EXCLUSION (OR GEL PERMEATION) CHROMATOGRAPHY -- F. SEC AND THE DETERMINATION OF LONG CHAIN BRANCHING -- G. STUDY QUESTIONS -- H. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- 11: Mechanical and Rheological Properties -- A. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW -- B. A BRIEF REVIEW OF SOME FUNDAMENTALS -- C. DEVIATIONS FROM IDEAL BEHAVIOR -- D. INTRODUCTION TO VISCOELASTICITY -- E. MECHANICAL AND THEORETICAL MODELS OF VISCOELASTIC BEHAVIOR -- F. NON-LINEAR MECHANICAL AND RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIOR -- G. ULTIMATE PROPERTIES -- H. STUDY QUESTIONS. , L. SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING -- Index.

Note: Cover -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1. ORGANOMETALLIC DENDRIMERS: SYNTHESIS, STRUCTURAL ASPECTS, AND APPLICATIONS IN CATALYSIS -- CHAPTER 2. POLY(PROPYLENE IMINE) DENDRIMERS -- CHAPTER 3. CHIRAL DENDRIMERS -- CHAPTER 4. MOLECULAR TOPOLOGY OF DENDRIMERS -- INDEX.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Novel secondary metabolites of marine gastropods -- Chapter 2. Total synthesis and absolute stereochemistry of novel biologically active marine natural products of Halenaquinol family: Theoretical studies of CD spectra -- Chapter 3. Bryozoan secondary metabolites and their chemical ecology -- Chapter 4. Structure and biological activity of triteipenoids and aromatic compounds from medicinal plants -- Chapter 5. Sesquiteipenes and other secondary metabolites of genus Lactarius (Basidiomycetes): Chemistry and biological activity -- Chapter 6. Structure and biosynthesis of bile alcohols: Disorders of choylesterol side-chain oxidation in cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis -- Chapter 7. Antifungal sesquiteipene dialdehydes from the Warburgia plants and their synergists -- Chapter 8. Determination of relative and absolute configuration in the Annonaceous acetogenins -- Chapter 9. The chemistry of the nargenicin macrolides -- Chapter 10. Some aspects of the chemistry of lignans -- Chapter 11. The chemistiy of natural diarylheptanoids -- Chapter 12. Tropane alkaloids in root cultures of Solanaccous plants -- Chapter 13. Phenolics in root cultures of medicinal plants -- Chapter 14. Chemistry and biosynthesis of natural Diels-Alder type adducts from Moraceous plants -- Chapter 15. Modelling the substrate binding domain of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase, HLADH, by computer aided substrate overlay -- Chapter 16. Applications of 17O NMR spectroscopy to natural products chemistry -- Chapter 17. The role of biological raw materials in synthesis -- Subject Index.

Note: Front Cover -- Studies in Natural Products Chemistry -- Copyright Page -- FOREWORD -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- Chapter 1. Structure-activity relationships of highly sweet natural products -- Chapter 2. Structural studies on chemical constituents of Echinoderms -- Chapter 3. Recent advances in the chemistry of diterpenoids from Rabdosia species -- Chapter 4. Structural elucidation of saponins -- Chapter 5. The chemistry of unusual terpenoids from the genus Eremophila -- Chapter 6. Marine sesquiterpene/quinones -- Chapter 7. Antimicrobial activity of amphibian venoms -- Chapter 8. Bioactive metabolites of the genus Phomopsis -- Chapter 9. Detection of cardenolides by Elisa in plant sciences -- Chapter 10. The Xenocoumarins and related biologically active dihydroisocoumarins -- Chapter 11. Circular dichroism of carbohydrate-molybdate complexes -- Chapter 12. Screening of oncogene function inhibitors from microbial secondary metabolites -- Chapter 13. Recent advances in the chemistry of Gelsemium alkaloids -- Chapter 14. Chemistry, Biochemistry and Chemotaxonomy of Lupine alkaloids in the Leguminosae -- Subject Index.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contributors -- Chapter 1. Total synthesis of the microbial antitumor antibiotics actinobolin and bactolin -- Chapter 2. Total Synthesis of Crystalline (±)-Fredericamycin A -- Chapter 3. Stereoselective synthesis and transformation of siastatin B, a novel glycosidase inhibitor, directed toward new drugs for viral infection and tumor metastasis -- Chapter 4. The use of cyclic monoterpenoids as enantiopure starting materials in natural product synthesis -- Chapter 5. Progress in the synthesis of iridoids and related natural products -- Chapter 6. Stereoselective synthesis of brassinosteroids -- Chapter 7. Organopalladium approaches to prostaglandins -- Chapter 8. Transition metal organometallic methods for the synthesis of amino acids -- Chapter 9. Palladium-mediated synthesis of alkaloids -- Chapter 10. Recent progress in the synthesis of piperidine and indolizidine alkaloids -- Chapter 11. Recent developments on the synthesis of aporphine alkaloids -- Chapter 12. Stereo- and enantiospecific reactions of 1,4-benzoquinones with styrenyl systems: Stereoselective syntheses of neolignans, pterocarpans and several naturally occurring 2-aryl-2,3-dihydrobenzofuran systems -- Chapter 13. Biogenesis-like transformation of 4-substituted phenols by photooxygenation -- Chapter 14. Furan in the synthesis of natural products -- Chapter 15. Enantiomerically pure γ-butyrolactones in natural products synthesis -- Chapter 16. Fluoro-β-lactams: Synthesis and application in asymmetric synthesis -- Subject index.