Front ; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1 Monosaccharides: geometry and dynamics; 2 Chemical synthesis of monosaccharides; 3 Carbohydrate sulphates; 4 Conjugation of monosaccharides --; synthesis of glycosidic linkages in glycosides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides; 5 Chemistry of glycopeptides; 6 Oligosaccharide geometry and dynamics; 7 Shapes and interactions of polysaccharide chains; 8 Chemistry of polysaccharide modification and degradation; 9 Carbohydrate-protein interactions; Index.