With the increase in volume, velocity and variety of information, researchers can find it difficult to keep up to date with the literature in the field. As the synthesis of novel carbohydrates and carbohydrate mimetics continues to be a major challenge for organic chemists, not least because of the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of carbohydrate science, Carbohydrate Chemistry Volume 41 will prove invaluable. Covering both chemical and biological science, this series collates modern carbohydrate research from theory to application and will be of great benefit to any researcher who wishes to learn about the latest developments in the carbohydrate field.

Preface; Design and synthesis of glycomimetics; Pyranose glycals in the generation of skeletal diversity; Recent developments in the stereoselective synthesis of deoxy glycosides; Lewis acid promoted anomerisation: recent developments and applications; Progress in the synthesis of mycothiol, its biosynthetic precursors and analogues; Synthetic receptors for molecular recognition of carbohydrates; Contribution of carbohydrate chemistry to assessment of the biological role of natural alpha-glycosides; Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interation: from hypothesis to confirmation