Provides a thorough overview of the role of fluorine in pharmaceutical science and development
Includes chapters on fluorinated analogues of natural products, fluorinated amino acids and peptides, and derivatives of sugars
Classifies marketed and in-development fluorinated pharmaceuticals according to their therapeutic classes
About the Author
Jean-Pierre Begue, PHD, is Emeritus Director of Research at the Centre National de la recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in France. Danièle Bonnet-Delpon, PHD, is Director of Research at CNRS. The authors and their coworkers have developed the chemistry of fluorinated compounds, from organic synthesis to medicinal chemistry.
