The text book discussed the modern laboratory methods used in the synthesis of non coded amino acids and analogues, showing the importance and scope of the methods. The book is a modern account of synthetic methods and an up-to-date description of recent advances in synthetic organic chemistry for amino acids. The book will be of significant interest to chemistry, biochemistry, spectroscopy and material science students at undergraduate and graduate level. The book will be helpful for researchers in academia and industry who are working with proteins, peptides, PNA, polymers and foldamers and wish to familiarize with modern organic synthesis.