New Frontiers in Asymmetric Catalysis

Koichi Mikami is Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Mark Lautens is AstraZeneca Professor of Organic Synthesis and Merck Frosst/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in the Davenport Laboratories at the University of Toronto.

Introductory Preface (K. Mikami and M. Lautens). Chapter 1. Ligand Design for Catalytic Asymmetric Reduction (T. Ohkuma, M. Kitamura, and R. Noyori). Chapter 2. Ligand Design for Oxidation (T. Yamada) Chapter 3. Ligand Design for C C Bond Formation (R. Shintani and T. Hayashi). Chapter 4. Activation of small molecules (C=O, HCN, RN=C, and CO2) (K. Nozaki). Chapter 5. Asymmetric Synthesis Based on the Catalytic Activation of C H and C C Bonds (C. J. Li). Chapter 6. Recent Progress in the Metathesis Reaction M. Mori). Chapter 7. Activation and De activation (K. Mikami and K. Aikawa). Chapter 8. Auto Catalysis (K. Soai). Chapter 9. Recent Advances in Catalytic Asymmetric Desymmetrization Reactions (T. Rovis). Chapter 10. History & Perspective of Chiral Organic Catalysts (G.Lelais and D.W.C.Macmillan). Chapter 11. Chiral Acid Catalysts (K. Ishihara and H. Yamamoto). Chapter 12. Recent Advances in Chiral Base Catalysts (M. Shibasaki and Motomu Kanai). Future perspective (K. Mikami and M. Lautens).