Handbook of Nucleoside Synthesis includes descriptive information regarding the three principal types of nucleoside forming reactions: the Fusion Reaction, the Metal Salt Procedure, and the Hilbert-Johnson Reaction, as well as other miscellaneous methods.

HELMUT VORBRUGGEN is Professor of Chemistry at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.
CARMEN RUH-POHLENZ is Research Scientist at Schering AG in Berlin, Germany.