Advanced Asymmetric Synthesis, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996 State-of-the-art and future trends in feature technology

Asymmetric synthesis is one of the most critical strategic subjects in organic chemistry, and this book describes advanced techniques and their applications to the industrial and laboratory synthesis of important chiral molecules. The international team of highly respected authors provide rigorous and concise reviews of their areas of expertise.

Design of asymmetric synthesis. Nonlinear effects in enantioselective synthesis - asymmetric amplification. Chiral enolates. Optically active B-ketosulfoxides in asymmetric synthesis. Chiral aminals in asymmetric synthesis. Asymmetric deprotonation reactions using enantiopure lithium amide bases. Asymmetric Diels-Alder reactions. Asymmetric oxidiation. Transition metal catalysts for asymmetric reduction. Asymmetric hydroboration. Asymmetric hydrosilylation and hydroformylation. Asymmetric conjugate addition reactions. Stereoselective transformations mediated by chiral titanium complexes. Asymmetric synthesis using enzymes and whole cells. Asymmetric palladium catalysed coupling reactions. Palladium allyl pi-complexes in asymmetric synthesis. Worked examples in asymmetric synthesis design. Stoichiometric electrophilic pi-complexes in asymmetric synthesis.