Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis

"An excellent text ...will no doubt provide the benchmark for comparative works for many years." - "Journal of the American Chemical Society". "A resounding success ...the definitive current summaries on their respective subjects." - Synthesis. Since this important work was first published in 1993, the field of catalytic asymmetric synthesis has grown explosively, spawning effective new methods for obtaining enantiomerically pure compounds on a large scale and stimulating new applications in diverse fields - from medicine to materials science. "Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis, Second Edition" addresses these rapid changes through new or substantially revised contributions from highly recognized world leaders in the field. It presents detailed accounts of the most important catalytic asymmetric reactions known today, discusses recent advances, and retains from the previous edition essential and intriguing information on the initial development of certain processes. This is an excellent working resource for academic researchers and industrial chemists alike, the Second Edition includes features such as: Contributions from Noyori, Sharpless, Kagan, Trost, Overman, Shibasaki, Doyle, Okamoto, Bolm, Carreira, and many other internationally renowned authorities; New chapters on asymmetric carbometallations, asymmetric amplification and autocatalysis, and asymmetric polymerization; Extended coverage of asymmetric carbene reactions, including asymmetric intramolecular carbene insertion to C-H bonds as well as asymmetric dihydroxylation and aminohydroxylation; Extended coverage of asymmetric carbon-carbon bond-forming reactions and applications; and an appendix listing all chiral ligands in the book.

Table of Contents:
Asymmetric Hydrogenation (T. Ohkuma, et al.). Asymmetric Hydrosilylation and Related Reactions (H. Nishiyama & K. Itoh). Asymmetric Isomerization of Allylamines (S. Akutagawa, et al.). Asymmetric Carbometallations (E. Negishi). Asymmetric Addition and Insertion Reactions of Catalytically--Generated Metal Carbenes (M. Doyle). Asymmetric Oxidations and Related Reactions (R. Johnson, et al.). Asymmetric Carbonylations (K. Nozaki & I. Ojima). Asymmetric Carbon--Carbon Bond--Forming Reactions (K. Maruoka, et al.). Asymmetric Amplification and Autocatalysis (K. Soai & T. Shibata). Asymmetric Phase--Transfer Reactions (M. O'Donnell). Asymmetric Polymerization (Y. Okamoto & T. Nakano). Epilogue. Appendix. Index.

About the Author :
IWAO OJIMA, PhD, is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is also an Arthur C. Cope Scholar (ACS), a Guggenheim Fellow, and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Review :
"This second edition...is the result of an explosion of knowledge in the field... This volume addresses these extensive changes..." (SciTech Book News, March 2001) "This book is an excellent state--of--the--art compilation of catalytic asymmetric chemistry and should be included in any chemistry reference collection." (Choice, Vol. 38, No. 10, June 2001)