Chiral Reactions in Heterogeneous Catalysis

The Place of Heterogeneous Catalysis in the Chirality Field.- Commercial Outlook for Chirality. Quo Vadis ?.- Strategies for Asymmetric Synthesis. What is the Role of Heterogeneous Catalysis?.- Homogeneous Enantioselective Catalysis.- Scope and Limitations of the Application of Heterogeneous Enantioselective Catalysis.- Hydrogenation Systems: Toward a better Understanding.- Modification of Supported and Unsupported Nickel Catalysts by ?-Amino and ?-Hydroxy Acids for Chiral Reactions.- Enantio-Differentiating Hydrogenation of Simple Alkanones with Asymmetrically Modified Heterogeneous Catalyst.- Enantio-Differentiating Hydrogenation of 2-Butanone : Distinction between CH3and C2H5 with a Modified Nickel Catalyst.- Chiral Hydrogenation of Estrone and Estrone-3-Methyl Ether.- Enantioselective Hydrogenation of ?.-Ketoesters : A Molecular View on the Enantio-Differentiation ..- Studies on the Platinum Cinchona Alkaloid Catalyst for Enantioselective ?.-Ketoester Hydrogenation.- Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Ethyl Pyruvate Using Pt-Containing Zeolites Modified with (-)-Cinchonidine.- Hydrogenation Systems: Broadening the Scope.- Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions Using Chiral Auxiliaries and Producing Enantiomers in Excess.- Enzymatic Resolution of Biologically Active Precursors versus Asymmetric Induction in Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Enantio- and Diastereoselective Reduction of Disubstituted Aromatics.- Heterogeneous Asymmetric Catalysis with C2 Symmetric Amine-Modified Rhodium/Silica.- An Investigation of the Mode of Hydrogen Addition in Stereoselective Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenations.- Heterogeneous Enantioselective Hydrogenation and Dihydroxylation of Carbon - Carbon Double Bond Mediated by Transition Metal Asymmetric Catalysts.- More Advanced Reaction.- ChiralDioxo-Molybdenum Complexes Anchored to Modified USY-Zeolites. Application to Selective Epoxidation of Olefins.- Effect of Sulfoxide Loading on the Selectivity and Activity of Zeolite Y for Dehydration Reactions.- Novel Chiral Ruthenium-bis( oxazolinyl)pyridine and bis( oxazolinyl)bipyridine Complexes : Asymmetric Cyclopropanation of Styrene with Diazoacetates.- Polymer Supported N-Alkylnorephedrines as Highly Enantioselective Chiral Catalysts for the Addition of Dialkylzincs to Aldehydes.- Author Index.