During the last few decades almost no other aspect of organic synthesis has received as
much attention as the preparation of enantiomerically pure compounds. The synthesis of …

Many polyketide-derived natural products contain a syn-or anti-1, 3-diol unit. No general and
simple approach exists for the flexible synthesis of polyols and other polyketide-derived …

This first book to focus on catalytic processes from the viewpoint of green chemistry presents
every important aspect:? Numerous catalytic reductions and oxidations methods? Solid-acid …

Allylic boron compounds have gained a prominent position as a useful class of synthetic
reagents in the past 25 years. Their general structures, 1 and 2, and their utility in carbonyl …

The synthesis of organic compounds with one or several chirality centers is one of the most
challeng-ing tasks in modern organic synthesis. Among the possibilities to achieve …

Organoboranes for Syntheses Page 1 ACS SYMPOSIUM SERIES 783 Organoboranes for
Syntheses PV Ramachandran, EDITOR Purdue University Herbert C. Brown, EDITOR Purdue …

Fluorinated motifs have a venerable history in drug discovery, but as C (sp3)− F‐rich 3D
scaffolds appear with increasing frequency, the effect of multiple bioisosteric changes on …

Nowadays as environmental concerns have became so significant, new reactions and novel
catalysts for complicated chemistry are still in high demand despite tremendous advances …

An efficient strategy for the synthesis of syn 1, 3-diol has been developed, employing an
imidazolidinone based chiral auxiliary via stereoselective and sequential double acetate …

The enzyme-mediated enantioselective hydrolysis of cyclic carbonates is disclosed.
Racemic 4-(2-benzyloxy) ethyl-1, 3-dioxolan-2-one (1a) was enantioselectively hydrolyzed …