1. Edition - February 2007
165.- Euro
2007. XXIV, 446 Pages, Hardcover
84 Fig. (6 Colored Fig.), 57 Tab. 
- Monograph -
ISBN-10: 3-527-31473-3
ISBN-13: 978-3-527-31473-7 - Wiley-VCH, Weinheim







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Presenting the latest developments, this book provides a deep, interdisciplinary insight into stoichiometric and catalytic reactions in this ever-expanding field, focusing on the synthesis of natural and bioactive compounds and both chemical and biological methods of catalysis.

From the contents
STOICHIOMETRIC ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS
Development of Novel Enantioselective Synthetic Methods
Asymmetric Synthesis of Natural Products Employing the SAMP/RAMP-Hydrazone Methodology
Asymmetric Synthesis Based on Sulfonimidoyl-Substituted Allyltitanium Complexes
The "Daniphos" Ligands: Synthesis and Catalytic Applications
New Chiral Ligands Based on Substituted Heterometallocenes

CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS WITH CHEMICAL METHODS
Sulfoximines as Ligands in Asymmetric Metal Catalysis
Catalyzed Asymmetric Aryl Transfer Reactions
Substituted [2.2]-Paracyclophane Derivatives as Efficient Ligands for Asymmetric 1,2- and 1,4-Addition Reactions
Palladium-Catalyzed Allylic Alkylation of Sulfur and Oxygen Nucleophiles - Asymmetric Synthesis, Kinetic Resolution and Dynamic Kinetic Resolution
The QUINAPHOS Ligand Family and its Application in Asymmetric Synthesis
Immobilization of Transition Metal Complexes and their Application to Enantioselective Catalysis

CATALYTIC ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS WITH BIOLOGICAL METHODS
Directed Evolution to Increase the Substrate Range of Benzoylformate Decarboxylase from Pseudomonas Putida
C-C Bonding Microbial Enzymes: Thiamine Diphosphate-Dependent Enzymes and Class I Aldolases
Enzymes for Carboligation - 2-Ketoacid Decarboxylases and Hydroxynitrile Lyases
Preparative Syntheses of Chiral Alcohols using (R)-specific Alcohol Dehydrogenases from Lactobacillus strains
Biocatalytic C-C Bond Formation in Asymmetric Synthesis
Exploring and Broadening the Biocatalytic Properties of Recombinant Sucrose Synthase 1 for the Synthesis of Sucrose Analogues
Flexible Asymmetric Redox Reactions and C-C Bond Formation by Bioorganic Synthetic Strategies

REACTION TECHNOLOGY IN ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS
Reaction Engineering in Asymmetric Synthesis
Biocatalyzed Asymmetric Syntheses Using Gel-Stabilized Aqueous-Organic Two-Phase Systems