Medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry are disciplines at the intersection of chemistry, especially synthetic organic chemistry, and pharmacology and various other biological specialties, where they are involved with design, chemical synthesis and development for market of pharmaceutical agents, or bio-active molecules (drugs).

Recommended Readings

1.      Principles of Medicinal Chemistry by William Foye.

2.      Medicinal Chemistry by Ashutoskar.

3.      Medicinal Chemistry by Burger