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Book SynopsisAsymmetric synthesis is an integral part of synthetic organic chemistry. Some of the reactions in this book were known prior to 1980, while several new ones, particularly catalytic asymmetric reactions, have been discovered in the recent years. The impact of this new class of reactions has been impressively extensiveboth on organic and medicinal chemistry. These reactions have been accepted whole-heartedly by synthetic organic chemists in developing shorter routes for complex natural targets as well as in the manufacture of a wide range of drug intermediates.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Terms, Definitions and Concepts in Asymmetric Synthesis. Achiral and Chiral Molecules and Their Properties. Prochirality. Enantioselective and Diastereoselective Synthesis. Methods for Monitoring Enantioselective and Diastereoselective Synthesis. Methods for Inducing Asymmetry. Chiral Substrate Controlled Asymmetric Reactions: Diastereoselection in acyclic systems. Chiral auxiliary controlled asymmetric reactions—Asymmetric α-alkylations. Chiral Stoichiometric Reagent Controlled Asymmetric Synthesis: Chiral Boron Reagents. Chiral Catalyst Mediated Asymmetric Reactions: Enzymes. Chiral Organometallic Catalysed Asymmetric Reactions: Sharpless Asymmetric Epoxidations, Dihydroxylations and Aminohydroxylations. Chiral Organometallic Catalysed Asymmetric Reactions. Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Synthesis—Chiral Additive Mediated Reactions. Asymmetric Aldol Reaction. Asymmetric Diels–Alder reactions. Stereoselective Synthesis and Stereospecific Synthesis. Index.
