Stereoselective Synthesis A Practical Approach

• Main Author: Nogradi, Mihaly (Author, Editor)
• Other Authors: Meyers, A. I (Editor)
• Format: Manuscript Book
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim, New York VCH 1995
• Edition: English : 2nd, thoroughly rev. and updated edition
• Subjects: Stereochemistry; Stereoisomers; Organic compounds > Synthesis
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Thoroughly revised and updated, this enlarged second edition offers a plethora of valuable information on methods and reagents in stereoselective synthesis. Methods have been selected for high efficiency and selectivity; mechanistic aspects are treated succinctly, with a strong emphasis on practical...

Table of Contents:

• List of symbols and abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. General concepts of stereoselective synthesis
• 2. Stereoselective catalytic reductions
• 3. Stereoselective non-catalytic reductions
• 4. Stereoselective oxidations
• 5. Stereoselective carbon-carbon bond forming reactions by nucleophilic addition to carbonyl groups
• 6. Stereoselective carbon-carbon bond forming reactions
• 7. Stereoselective carbon-carbon bond formation by pericyclic reactions
• 8. Stereoselective formation of carbon-heteroatom bonds
• Appendix
• References
• General references
• Subject index.