| | Contents | |
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| | Foreword | V |
| | Message from the Editors | XXV |
| | List of Abbreviations | XXVII |
| | Named and Unnamed Reactions | XXXI |
| | List of Contributors | XXXIII |
| | Part I Chiral Auxiliaries in Asymmetric Synthesis | |
| | Introductory Chapter David A. Evans, Günter Helmchen and Magnus Rüping | 3 |
| | Background | 3 |
| | Results | 4 |
| | Summary | 7 |
| | CV of David A. Evans | 8 |
| | CV of Günter Helmchen | 8 |
| | CV of Magnus Rüping | 9 |
| | Selected Publications | 9 |
| | Asymmetric Epoxidation of Pentadienols Reinhard Brückner | 10 |
| | Background | 10 |
| | Objective: Making Building Blocks for the Synthesis of 1,3,5,7,...-Polyols from Epoxyalcohols | 11 |
| | Results | 12 |
| | Asymmetric Epoxidation of a Conjugated Pentadienol | 12 |
| | Asymmetric Epoxidation of a Nonconjugated Pentadienol | 13 |
| | CV of Reinhard Brückner | 15 |
| | Selected Publications | 16 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis using Sulfur–Nitrogen Reagents Franklin A. Davis | 17 |
| | Background | 17 |
| | Results | 17 |
| | Asymmetric Oxidations using N-Sulfonyloxaziridines | 17 |
| | Asymmetric Fluorination of Enolates with N-Fluoro-2,10-Camphorsultams | 19 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Amine Derivatives using Enantiopure Sulfinimines (N-Sulfinyl Imines) | 19 |
| | Outlook | 20 |
| | CV of Franklin A. Davis | 20 |
| | Selected Publications | 22 |
| | Asymmetric Syntheses with SAMP-/RAMP-Hydrazones Dieter Enders and Wolfgang Bettray | 23 |
| | Background | 23 |
| | Strategy | 24 |
| | Results | 25 |
| | Application for the Synthesis of Natural Products | 26 |
| | Other Asymmetric Syntheses from the Enders Group | 27 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 27 |
| | CV of Dieter Enders | 27 |
| | Selected Publications | 28 |
| | Asymmetric Allylation Reactions Reinhard W. Hoffmann | 29 |
| | Background | 29 |
| | Results | 29 |
| | Type (I) Allylmetallation of Aldehydes | 29 |
| | Second Generation Allylmetallation Reagents | 31 |
| | CV of Reinhard W. Hoffmann | 32 |
| | Selected Publications | 33 |
| | Carbohydrates as Chiral Auxiliaries Horst Kunz | 34 |
| | Introduction | 34 |
| | Results | 34 |
| | Carbohydrate Auxiliaries in Cycloaddition Reactions | 34 |
| | Conjugate Addition Reactions Directed by Carbohydrate Auxiliaries | 35 |
| | Glycosylamines in Stereoselective Synthesis | 36 |
| | Conclusions | 38 |
| | CV of Horst Kunz | 38 |
| | Selected Publications | 38 |
| | The Use of Chiral Oxazolines in early C–C Bond Forming Reactions Albert I. Meyers | 39 |
| | Background | 39 |
| | Results | 40 |
| | CV of Albert I. Meyers | 41 |
| | Selected Publications | 41 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Amines and Amino Acids from Amines Shun-Ichi Murahashi and Yasushi Imada | 42 |
| | Background | 42 |
| | Strategy | 43 |
| | Results | 43 |
| | Diastereoselective Reactions of Nitrones | 43 |
| | Enantioselective Reactions of Nitrones | 44 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 46 |
| | CV of Shun-Ichi Murahashi | 46 |
| | Selected Publications | 47 |
| | Part II Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis | |
| | Introductory Chapter Masakatsu Shibasaki and Shigeki Matsunaga | 51 |
| | Introduction | 51 |
| | Design of Asymmetric Metal Catalysis | 52 |
| | Future Prospects for Metal-catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis | 53 |
| | CV of Masakatsu Shibasaki | 54 |
| | CV of Shigeki Matsunaga | 54 |
| | Selected Publications | 55 |
| | Catalytic Asymmetric Sulfur Ylide Mediated Epoxidation of Carbonyl Compounds Varinder Aggarwal | 56 |
| | Background | 56 |
| | Results | 57 |
| | Other Reactions of Sulfur Ylides from the Aggarwal Group | 59 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 59 |
| | CV of Varinder Aggarwal | 60 |
| | Selected Publications | 61 |
| | Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger Reactions Carsten Bolm | 62 |
| | Background | 62 |
| | Strategy | 63 |
| | Results | 64 |
| | Other Research Topics from the Bolm Group | 65 |
| | CV of Carsten Bolm | 65 |
| | Selected Publications | 66 |
| | Planar Chiral Ligands Based on [2.2]Paracyclophanes Stefan Bräse | 67 |
| | Background | 67 |
| | Strategy | 68 |
| | Results | 69 |
| | Application for the Synthesis of Natural Products | 70 |
| | Other Asymmetric Syntheses from the Bräse Group | 70 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 71 |
| | CV of Stefan Bräse | 71 |
| | Selected Publications | 71 |
| | Asymmetric Syntheses of 3-(trans-2-Nitrocyclopropyl)alanine and 3-(trans-2-Aminocyclopropyl)alanine Armin de Meijere and Oleg V. Larionov | 72 |
| | Background | 72 |
| | Strategy and Results | 73 |
| | Outlook | 75 |
| | CV of Armin de Meijere | 75 |
| | CV of Oleg V. Larionov | 76 |
| | Selected Publications | 76 |
| | Copper-Bis(oxazoline) Catalyzed Synthesis of -Lactams - Enantioselective Reaction of Alkynes with Nitrones David A. Evans, Florian Kleinbeck and Magnus Rüping | 77 |
| | Background | 77 |
| | Results | 78 |
| | Summary | 80 |
| | CV of David A. Evans | 81 |
| | CV of Magnus Rüping | 81 |
| | CV of Florian Kleinbeck | 81 |
| | Selected Publications | 81 |
| | Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition Reactions of Organometallic Reagents Fernando López and Ben L. Feringa | 83 |
| | Background | 83 |
| | The First Catalytic Enantioselective Approaches | 83 |
| | Results | 84 |
| | Cu-catalyzed Enantioselective CA of Organozinc Reagents | 84 |
| | Highly Enantioselective Cu-catalyzed CA of Grignard Reagents | 86 |
| | Conclusion and Future Perspectives | 87 |
| | CV of Fernando López | 87 |
| | CV of Ben L. Feringa | 88 |
| | Selected Publications | 88 |
| | Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Allylic Alcohols via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Hans-Joachim Gais | 90 |
| | Introduction | 90 |
| | Strategy | 91 |
| | Results | 91 |
| | Application to the Synthesis of Natural Products | 94 |
| | Other Asymmetric Syntheses from the Gais Group | 94 |
| | Conclusion and Future Perspectives | 94 |
| | CV of Hans-Joachim Gais | 94 |
| | Selected Publications | 95 |
| | Asymmetric Cross-coupling Reactions Tamio Hayashi | 97 |
| | Background | 97 |
| | Results | 97 |
| | Asymmetric Cross-coupling of Secondary Alkyl Grignard Reagents | 97 |
| | Asymmetric Cross-Coupling Forming Axially Chiral Biaryls | 99 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 100 |
| | CV of Tamio Hayashi | 101 |
| | Selected Publications | 101 |
| | Asymmetric Allylic Substitutions Günter Helmchen | 102 |
| | Background | 102 |
| | Results | 103 |
| | Pd-Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions | 103 |
| | Ir-Catalyzed Allylic Substitutions | 104 |
| | Application for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds | 104 |
| | Other Asymmetric Syntheses from the Helmchen Group | 105 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 105 |
| | CV of Günter Helmchen | 105 |
| | Selected Publications | 106 |
| | Asymmetric Homoaldol Reactions Dieter Hoppe | 107 |
| | Background | 107 |
| | Results | 108 |
| | Enantioselective Additions via Stereospecific Deprotonation | 108 |
| | Enantioselective Additions via (–)-Sparteine-mediated -Deprotonations | 109 |
| | Enantioselective -Deprotonations | 110 |
| | Synthetic Applications | 110 |
| | CV of Dieter Hoppe | 111 |
| | Selected Publications | 111 |
| | Asymmetric Vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol Reaction Markus Kalesse and Jorma Hassfeld | 112 |
| | Introduction | 112 |
| | Results | 112 |
| | Conclusions and Further Perspectives | 115 |
| | CV of Markus Kalesse | 116 |
| | CV of Jorma Hassfeld | 116 |
| | Selected Publications | 116 |
| | Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysis in Aqueous Media Shu Kobayashi and Chikako Ogawa | 117 |
| | Background | 117 |
| | Results | 117 |
| | Water-compatible Lewis Acid | 117 |
| | Asymmetric Aldol Reactions | 118 |
| | Asymmetric Hydroxymethylation Reactions | 119 |
| | Asymmetric Mannich-type Reactions | 120 |
| | CV of Shu Kobayashi | 121 |
| | CV of Chikako Ogawa | 121 |
| | Selected Publications | 122 |
| | Asymmetric Epoxidation of Non-activated Olefins Kazuhiro Matsumoto and Tsutomu Katsuki | 123 |
| | Introduction | 123 |
| | Results | 123 |
| | Manganese(salen) Catalyst | 123 |
| | Ruthenium(salen) Catalyst | 124 |
| | Titanium(salalen) Catalyst | 125 |
| | Conclusion | 126 |
| | CV of Tsutomu Katsuki | 127 |
| | CV of Kazuhiro Matsumoto | 127 |
| | Selected Publications | 127 |
| | Chiral Carbonyl Lewis Acid Complexes in Asymmetric Syntheses Keiji Maruoka and Takashi Ooi | 128 |
| | Background | 128 |
| | Results | 128 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 131 |
| | CV of Keiji Maruoka | 131 |
| | CV of Takashi Ooi | 131 |
| | Selected Publications | 132 |
| | ZACA Reaction: Zr-catalyzed Asymmetric Carboalumination of Alkenes Ei-ichi Negishi, Bo Liang, Tibor Novak and Ze Tan | 133 |
| | Background and Discovery | 133 |
| | Results | 134 |
| | ZACA–Pd-catalyzed Cross-coupling Tandem Processes | |
| | for the Synthesis of Deoxypolypropionates and Related Compounds | 134 |
| | Synthesis of 2-Methyl- or 2-Ethyl-1-alkanols Not Readily | |
| | Purifiable by Chromatography or Recrystallization | 137 |
| | CV of Ei-ichi Negishi | 137 |
| | Selected Publications | 138 |
| | Bisoxazolines – a Privileged Ligand Class for Asymmetric Catalysis Andreas Pfaltz | 139 |
| | Background | 139 |
| | Results | 140 |
| | Semicorrins | 140 |
| | C2-Symmetric Bisoxazolines | 140 |
| | Boron-bridged Bisoxazolines | 142 |
| | Conclusion | 142 |
| | CV of Andreas Pfaltz | 142 |
| | Selected Publications | 143 |
| | Enantioselective Cycloaddition Reactions Catalyzed by Hydrogen Bonding Viresh H. Rawal and Avinash N. Thadani | 144 |
| | Background | 144 |
| | Strategy | 146 |
| | Results | 146 |
| | Application to Other Reactions | 147 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 147 |
| | CV of Viresh H. Rawal | 147 |
| | Selected Publications | 148 |
| | Direct Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol-Tishchenko Reaction Masakatsu Shibasaki and Takashi Ohshima | 149 |
| | Background | 149 |
| | Strategy | 150 |
| | Results | 150 |
| | Mechanistic Studies | 152 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 153 |
| | CV of Masakatsu Shibasaki | 153 |
| | CV of Takashi Ohshima | 153 |
| | Selected Publications | 154 |
| | Asymmetric Heck and other Palladium-catalyzed Reactions Lutz F. Tietze and Florian Lotz | 155 |
| | Background | 155 |
| | Enantioselective Heck Reactions with Allylsilanes as the Alkene Component | 155 |
| | CV of Lutz F. Tietze | 159 |
| | CV of Florian Lotz | 159 |
| | Selected Publications | 160 |
| | Asymmetric Catalysis with Chiral Acid Hisashi Yamamoto | 161 |
| | Background | 161 |
| | Results | 162 |
| | C2 Symmetric Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysts | 162 |
| | Combined Acid Catalyst | 162 |
| | CV of Hisashi Yamamoto | 165 |
| | Selected Publications | 165 |
| | Part III Biocatalysis and Organocatalysis: Asymmetric Synthesis Inspired by Nature | |
| | Introductory Chapter Benjamin List | 169 |
| | Introduction | 169 |
| | The Aldol Reaction as an Example | 169 |
| | Asymmetric Chemical Aldolizations | 170 |
| | Conclusions and Outlook | 172 |
| | CV of Benjamin List | 173 |
| | Selected Publications | 173 |
| | Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions Thorsten Bach | 174 |
| | Background | 174 |
| | Concept | 175 |
| | Results | 175 |
| | Perspectives | 176 |
| | CV of Thorsten Bach | 178 |
| | Selected Publications | 178 |
| | Asymmetric Catalysis via Dynamic Kinetic Resolution Jan-E. Bäckvall | 179 |
| | Background | 179 |
| | Combined Enzyme and Metal Catalysis for Efficient DKR | 180 |
| | Results | 180 |
| | Extension to DKR of Amines | 182 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 183 |
| | CV of Jan-E. Bäckvall | 183 |
| | Selected Publications | 183 |
| | Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Enones and Related Compounds Albrecht Berkessel | 185 |
| | General | 185 |
| | Electrophilic Catalytic Epoxidation | 186 |
| | Nucleophilic Catalytic Epoxidation | 186 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 188 |
| | CV of Albrecht Berkessel | 188 |
| | Selected Publications | 189 |
| | Kinetic Investigations of the Soai Autocatalytic Reaction Donna G. Blackmond | 190 |
| | Background | 190 |
| | Kinetic Studies using Reaction Calorimetry | 191 |
| | CV of Donna G. Blackmond | 194 |
| | Selected Publications | 194 |
| | Planar-chiral Heterocycles as Enantioselective Organocatalysts Gregory C. Fu | 195 |
| | Background and Design | 195 |
| | Applications | 195 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 199 |
| | CV of Gregory C. Fu | 199 |
| | Selected Publications | 199 |
| | An Organocatalytic Approach to Optically Active Six-membered Rings Karl Anker Jørgensen | 200 |
| | Background | 200 |
| | Strategy | 201 |
| | Results | 202 |
| | Synthesis of - and -lactones | 204 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 204 |
| | CV of Karl Anker Jørgensen | 204 |
| | Selected Publications | 205 |
| | Non-linear Effects in Asymmetric Catalysis Henri B. Kagan | 206 |
| | Background | 206 |
| | Enantiomerically Impure Chiral Auxiliaries | 206 |
| | Non-linear Effects | 206 |
| | Results | 207 |
| | Examples of Asymmetric Amplifications | 207 |
| | Kinetic Models | 208 |
| | Applications of Non-linear Effects | 209 |
| | Conclusion and Perspectives | 209 |
| | CV of Henri B. Kagan | 209 |
| | Selected Publications | 210 |
| | Asymmetric Organocatalysis Steven V. Ley | 211 |
| | Background | 211 |
| | Results | 212 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 216 |
| | CV of Steven V. Ley | 216 |
| | Selected Publications | 216 |
| | Directed Evolution of Enzymes for Asymmetric Syntheses Manfred T. Reetz | 217 |
| | Background | 217 |
| | Strategy and Early Results | 217 |
| | Generalizing the Concept | 219 |
| | New Strategies | 219 |
| | Conclusions and Perspectives | 220 |
| | CV of Manfred T. Reetz | 220 |
| | Selected Publications | 221 |
| | Asymmetric Autocatalysis and Its Implications in the Origin of Chiral Homogeneity of Biomolecules | 222 |
| | Kenso Soai and Tsuneomi Kawasaki | |
| | Background | 222 |
| | Results | 223 |
| | Chiral Amplification by Asymmetric Autocatalysis | 223 |
| | Asymmetric Autocatalysis as a Link Between the Origin of Chirality and Highly Enantioenriched Molecules | 223 |
| | Spontaneous Absolute Asymmetric Synthesis | 224 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 226 |
| | CV of Kenso Soai | 226 |
| | CV of Tsuneomi Kawasaki | 227 |
| | Selected Publications | 227 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis using Deoxyribose-5-phosphate Aldolase Chi-Huey Wong and William A. Greenberg | 228 |
| | Background | 228 |
| | Results | 229 |
| | Catalytic Mechanism | 229 |
| | Synthetic Applications | 229 |
| | Application to the Synthesis of Epothilones and Statins | 230 |
| | Conclusion | 231 |
| | CV of Chi-Huey Wong | 232 |
| | CV of William A. Greenberg | 232 |
| | Selected Publications | 232 |
| | Part IV Asymmetric Reactions in Total Synthesis | |
| | Introductory Chapter K. C. Nicolaou and Paul G. Bulger | 235 |
| | Background | 235 |
| | Reactions | 235 |
| | Aldol | 235 |
| | Alkylation | 237 |
| | Diels–Alder | 239 |
| | Allylation | 240 |
| | Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling | 241 |
| | Epoxidation | 244 |
| | Dihydroxylation/aminohydroxylation | 247 |
| | Organocatalytic Reductions | 248 |
| | Metal-catalyzed Hydrogenations | 248 |
| | Enzymatic | 250 |
| | Conclusions | 250 |
| | CV of K. C. Nicolaou | 251 |
| | CV of Paul G. Bulger | 251 |
| | Selected Publications | 252 |
| | Ring Rearrangement Metathesis (RRM) in Alkaloid Synthesis Nicole Holub and Siegfried Blechert | 254 |
| | Background and Strategy | 254 |
| | Results | 255 |
| | Tetraponerines | 255 |
| | Trans-195A | 256 |
| | Lasubine II | 256 |
| | Astrophylline and Dendrochrysine | 257 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 258 |
| | CV of Siegfried Blechert | 259 |
| | Selected Publications | 259 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Biaryls by the “Lactone Method” Gerhard Bringmann, Tanja Gulder and Tobias A. M. Gulder | 260 |
| | Introduction | 260 |
| | The Basic Concept of the “Lactone Method” | 260 |
| | Application of the “Lactone Concept” to Natural Product Synthesis | 261 |
| | Conclusions and Further Perspectives | 263 |
| | CV of Gerhard Bringmann | 263 |
| | Selected Publications | 264 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Merrilactone A | 265 |
| | Samuel J. Danishefsky | |
| | Background | 265 |
| | Synthetic Strategy | 265 |
| | Synthesis of Merrilactone A | 267 |
| | CV of Samuel J. Danishefsky | 269 |
| | Selected Publications | 270 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Cyclic Ketal and Spiroaminal-containing Natural Products Craig J. Forsyth | 271 |
| | Background | 271 |
| | Results | 272 |
| | Okadaic Acid – Three Spiroketalization Methods | 272 |
| | Additional Ketals via Double Intramolecular Hetero Michael Additions | 273 |
| | Synthesis of the Azaspiracid Spiroaminal | 274 |
| | Conclusion and Future Perspectives | 275 |
| | CV of Craig J. Forsyth | 275 |
| | Selected Publications | 276 |
| | Case Studies at the Metathesis/Asymmetric Synthesis Interface Alois Fürstner | 277 |
| | Background | 277 |
| | Results | 277 |
| | (–)-Gloeosporone | 277 |
| | (–)-Isooncinotine | 279 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 281 |
| | CV of Alois Fürstner | 281 |
| | Selected Publications | 281 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis of Amino Acids by Rhodium and Ruthenium Catalysis Jean Pierre Genet | 282 |
| | Introduction | 282 |
| | Asymmetric Hydrogenation Reactions | 282 |
| | Chiral Diphosphine Ligands and Diversity of Chiral Ru Catalysts | 283 |
| | Results | 283 |
| | Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Dehydroamino Acids | 283 |
| | Asymmetric Syntheses of -Amino -Hydroxy Acids (DKR) | 284 |
| | Asymmetric Syntheses of Natural Products | 285 |
| | Tandem-1,4 addition/Enantioselective Protonation Catalyzed by Rhodium | 285 |
| | Conclusions | 286 |
| | CV of Jean Pierre Genet | 286 |
| | Selected Publications | 287 |
| | Asymmetric Syntheses of Pheromones Kenji Mori | 288 |
| | Background | 288 |
| | Strategy and Results | 288 |
| | Derivation from Optically Active Starting Materials | 289 |
| | Enantiomer Separation | 289 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis | 290 |
| | Conclusion and Future Perspective | 292 |
| | CV of Kenji Mori | 292 |
| | Selected Publications | 292 |
| | Total Synthesis of Polyketides Using Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Ian Paterson | 293 |
| | Background | 293 |
| | Results | 294 |
| | Stereocontrol in the Boron Aldol Reactions of Ketones | 294 |
| | Application to the Total Synthesis of Altohyrtin A (Spongistatin 1) | 296 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 296 |
| | CV of Ian Paterson | 296 |
| | Selected Publications | 298 |
| | Asymmetric Synthesis on the Solid Phase Torben Leßmann and Herbert Waldmann | 299 |
| | Introduction | 299 |
| | Results | 299 |
| | Asymmetric Aldol Reactions | 299 |
| | Asymmetric Cycloadditions | 300 |
| | Asymmetric Epoxide Openings | 302 |
| | Other Reactions | 302 |
| | Conclusion | 302 |
| | CV of Herbert Waldmann | 302 |
| | CV of Torben Leßmann | 303 |
| | Selected Publications | 303 |
| | Part V Asymmetric Synthesis in Industry | |
| | Introductory Chapter Herbert Hugl | 307 |
| | Background | 307 |
| | Industrial Production of Chiral Compounds | 307 |
| | Outlook | 310 |
| | CV of Herbert Hugl | 310 |
| | Selected Publications | 310 |
| | Industrial Application of Enantioselective Catalysis Hans-Ulrich Blaser | 311 |
| | The Potential of Enantioselective Catalysis | 311 |
| | Hurdles on the Way to an Industrial Process | 311 |
| | Catalyst Performance | 312 |
| | Availability and Cost of the Catalyst | 312 |
| | Development Time | 313 |
| | Selected Milestones in Industrial Application | 313 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 315 |
| | CV of Hans-Ulrich Blaser | 315 |
| | Selected Publications | 315 |
| | Crystallization-Induced Diastereoselection for the Synthesis of Aprepitant J. Brands, P. Pye and K. Rossen | 316 |
| | Background | 316 |
| | Results | 317 |
| | Bicyclic Acetal Approach | 317 |
| | Lactam Approach | 318 |
| | Conclusion | 320 |
| | CV of Karel M. Jos Brands | 320 |
| | CV of Philip Pye | 320 |
| | CV of Kai Rossen | 320 |
| | Selected Publications | 321 |
| | Combinatorial Methods in Asymmetric Syntheses Stefan Dahmen | 322 |
| | Background | 322 |
| | Results | 322 |
| | Ligand Screening | 322 |
| | Additive Screening | 324 |
| | Arylzinc Precursors | 324 |
| | CV of Stefan Dahmen | 326 |
| | Selected Publications | 326 |
| | Biocatalytic Production of Optically Active Amines Klaus Ditrich | 327 |
| | Background | 327 |
| | Results | 327 |
| | Conclusions and Future Perspectives | 331 |
| | CV of Klaus Ditrich | 331 |
| | Selected Publications | 331 |
| | The Monsanto L-Dopa Process William S. Knowles | 332 |
| | Background | 332 |
| | L-DOPA Process | 332 |
| | Other Industrial Applications | 335 |
| | Conclusions | 335 |
| | CV of William S. Knowles | 335 |
| | Selected Publications | 336 |
| | Asymmetric Hydrogenation through Metal–Ligand Bifunctional Catalysis Ryoji Noyori, Takeshi Ohkuma, Christian A. Sandoval and Kilian Muiz | 337 |
| | Background | 337 |
| | Strategy | 337 |
| | Results | 337 |
| | Catalytic Cycle | 339 |
| | CV of Ryoji Noyori | 340 |
| | Selected Publications | 341 |
| | Many Ways are Leading to Rome – Today’s Variety of Competing Synthetic Methods in Industry Andreas Job and Andreas Stolle | 342 |
| | Introduction | 342 |
| | Synthetic Concepts | 343 |
| | Biochemical Approach | 344 |
| | Catalytic Hydrogenation Approach | 345 |
| | Chiral Pool Synthesis | 345 |
| | Conclusion | 346 |
| | CV of Andreas Job | 346 |
| | CV of Andreas Stolle | 346 |
| | Selected Publications | 347 |
| | Author Index | 349 |
| | Subject Index | 352 |