Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis 3e

IWAO OJIMA, PhD, a world-renowned leader in asymmetric catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and drug discovery, is the Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and the Director of the Institute of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is a recipient of numerous awards, including the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award (ACS), the Chemical Society of Japan Award, and the E. B. Hershberg Award (ACS). He is a Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the New York Academy of Sciences. Dr. Ojima was inducted to the Medicinal Chemistry Hall of Fame (ACS) in 2006.

Preface. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Contributors. 1 Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis in Non-ConventionalMedia/Conditions (Chikako Ogawa and Shu Kobayashi). 2 Asymmetric Organocatalysis. 2A Enantioselective Organocatalysis Involving Iminium, Enamine,SOMO and Photoredox Activation (Allan J. B. Watson and David W.C. MacMillan). 2B Asymmetric Acid-Base Bifunctional Catalysis with OrganicMolecules (Yi Wang and Li Deng). 2C Asymmetric Phase-Transfer and Ion Pair Catalysis (SeijiShirakawa and Keiji Maruoka). 3 Chiral Lewis Acids and Bronsted Acids in AsymmetricSynthesis (Hisashi Yamamoto and Cheol Hong Cheon). 4 Asymmetric Synthesis through C?H Activation (Huw M.L. Davies and Jorn Hansen). 5 Asymmetric Carbon-Heteroatom Bond-Forming Reactions(Yoshiji Takemoto and Hideto Miyabe). 6 Enzyme-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis (HaraldGroger). 7 Transition Metal-Catalyzed Homogeneous AsymmetricHydrogenation (Gao Shang, Wei Li and Xumu Zhang). 8 Asymmetric Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions. 8A Catalytic Asymmetric Conjugate Addition (Jian-Xin Ji andAlbert S. C. Chan). 8B Enantioselective Allylic Substitutions withCarbon-Nucleophiles (Gunter Helmchen,Uli Kazmaier andSebastian Forster). 8C Asymmetric Carbometallation and Carbocyclizations (IwaoOjima, Joseph J. Kaloko, Stephen J. Chaterpaul, Yu-Han Gary Tengand Chi-Feng Lin). 8D Asymmetric Ene Reactions and Cycloadditions (Koichi Mikamiand Kohsuke Aikawa). 8E Catalytic Enantioselective Olefin Metathesis Reactions(Amir H. Hoveyda, Steven J. Malcolmson, Simon J. Meek and AdilR. Zhugralin). 9 Asymmetric Hydrosilation of Carbon-Carbon Double Bonds andRelated Reactions (Jin Wook Han and Tamio Hayashi). 10 Asymmetric Carbonylations (Cyril Godard, AuroraRuiz, Montserrat Dieguez, Oscar Pamies and CarmenClaver). 11 Asymmetric Oxidations and Related Reactions(Kazuhiro Matsumoto and Tsutomu Katsuki). 12 Asymmetric Amplification and Autocatalysis (KensoSoai, Tsuneomi Kawasaki, and Takanori Shibata). 13 Asymmetric Polymerization (Shingo Ito and KyokoNozaki). Index.