Chemistry of Penicillin

*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*I. Brief History of the Chemical Study of Penicillin, pg. 1*II. The Earlier Investigations relating to 2-Pentenylpenicillin, pg. 10*III. The Chemistry of n-Amylpenicillin up to December 1943, pg. 38*IV. Status of the Research on the Structure of Benzylpenicillin in December 1943, pg. 52*V. Isolation and Characterization of the Various Penicillins, pg. 76*VI. Penillic Acids and Penillamines, pg. 106*VII. Review of Certain Investigations on the Structure of Benzylpenicillin during 1944-1945, pg. 144*VIII. Some Inactivation and Degradation Reactions not included in Chapters IV and VII, pg. 207*IX. Desthiobenzylpenicillin and Other Hydrogenolysis Products of Benzylpenicillin, pg. 243*X. The Thiocyanate Derivative of Benzylpenicillin Methyl Ester, pg. 269*XI. The X-Ray Crystallographic Investigation of the Structure of Penicillin, pg. 310*XII. Identification and Crystallography of Penicillins and Related Compounds by X-Ray Diffraction Methods, pg. 367*XIII. Infrared Spectroscopic Studies on the Structure of Penicillin, pg. 382*XIV. Other Physical Methods, pg. 415*XV. The Constitution of Penicillins, pg. 440*XVI. Penicillamine, Its Analogs and Homologs, pg. 455*XVII. Penilloaldehydes and Penaldic Acids, pg. 473*XVIII. The Penilloic and Penicilloic Acids and Their Derivatives and Analogs, pg. 535*XIX. Biosynthesis of Penicillins, pg. 657*XX. Chemical Modifications of Natural Penicillins, pg. 680*XXI. Oxazoles and Oxazolones, pg. 688*XXII. Attempted Syntheses of Penicillins, pg. 849*XXIII. The Condensation of Oxazolones and D-Penicillamine and the Resultant Antibiotic Activity, pg. 892*XXIV. Methyl Benzylpseudopenicillinate, pg. 909*XXV. Thiazolidines, pg. 921*XXVI. The Chemistry of ss-Lactams, pg. 973*XXVII. The gamma-Lactam of Benzylhomopenicilloic Acid and Related Compounds, pg. 1004*XXVIII. Synthetic Benzylpenicillin, pg. 1018*XXIX. Assay of Penicillins, pg. 1025*XXX. Appendix, pg. 1043*SUBJECT INDEX, pg. 1069