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Unit 1 Production of DrugsDepending on their production or origin pharmaceutical agents can be split into three groups: I .Totally synthetic materials (synthetics)， Ⅱ.Natural products，and Ⅲ .Products from partial syntheses (semi-synthetic products).The emphasis of the present book is on the most important compounds of groups I and Ⅲ一thus Drug synthesis. This does not mean，however，that natural products or other agents are less important. They can serve as valuable lead structures，and they are frequently needed as starting materials or as intermediates for important synthetic p