
Enantioselective Chemical Synthesis
Methods, Logic, and Practice
Description
Key Features
- Clearly explains stereochemical synthesis in theory and practice
- Provides a handy tool box for scientists wishing to understand and apply chiral chemical synthesis
- Describes almost 50 real life examples of asymmetric synthesis in practice and examines how the chiral centers were introduced at key synthetic stages
Readership
Third year undergraduates, graduates, post-doctorates, and professionals interested in the synthesis of chiral molecules
Table of Contents
Part 1 – Tools for enantioselective synthesis
Tools for enantioselective synthesis
Formation of C-H Bonds
Formation of C-O Bonds
Addition of H-Y (Y=B, Si, CO, CN, vinyl) to C=C
Formation of C-C Bonds
Cyclization
Part 2 – Planning enantioselective syntheses
Part 3 – Enantioselective multi-step synthesis: examples
Product details
- No. of pages: 334
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2013
- Published: October 15, 2013
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128001516
About the Authors
Elias J. Corey
Affiliations and Expertise
Laszlo Kurti
Affiliations and Expertise
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