内容简介
Praiseforthepreviouseditions"Anexcellenttext...willnodoubtprovidethebenchmarkforcomparativeworksformanyyears."—JournaloftheAmericanChemicalSociety"Anexcellentstate-of-the-artcompilationofcatalyticasymmetricchemistry...shouldbeincludedinanychemistryreferencecollection."—Choice"Thisisatremendousresourceandanexcellentread.Irecommendimmediatepurchase."—PerkinTransactionsSincethisimportantworkwasfirstpublishedin1993,thefieldofcatalyticasymmetricsynthesishasgrownexplosively,spawningeffectivenewmethodsforobtainingenantiomericallypurecompoundsonalargescaleandstimulatingnewapplicationsindiversefields—frommedicinetomaterialsscience.CatalyticAsymmetricSynthesis,ThirdEditionaddressestheserapidchangesthroughcontributionsfromhighlyrecognizedworldleadersinthefield.Thisseminaltextpresentsdetailedaccountsofthemostimportantcatalyticasymmetricreactionsknowntoday,anddiscussesrecentadvancesandessentialinformationontheinitialdevelopmentofcertainprocesses.Anexcellentworkingresourceforacademicresearchersandindustrialchemistsalike,theThirdEditionfeatures:Sixentirelynewchaptersfocusingonnovelapproachestocatalyticasymmetricsynthesisincludingnon-conventionalmedia/conditions,organocatalysis,chiralLewisandBronstedacids,CHactivation,carbon-heteroatombond-formingreactions,andenzyme-catalyzedasymmetricsynthesisAnewsectionfocusingontheimportantnewreaction,asymmetricmetathesis,incarbon-carbonbond-formingreactionsUpdatedchaptersonhydrogenation,carbon-carbonbond-formingreactions,hydrosilylations,carbonylations,oxidations,amplificationsandautocatalysis,andpolymerizationreactionsRetainingthebestofitspredecessorsbutnowthoroughlyuptodate,CatalyticAsymmetricSynthesis,ThirdEditionservesasanexcellentdesktopreferenceandtextforresearchersandstudentsfromtheupper-levelundergraduatesthroughexperiencedprofessionalsinindustryoracademia.
作者简介
IWAOOJIMA,PhD,aworld-renownedleaderinasymmetriccatalysis,medicinalchemistry,anddrugdiscovery,istheDistinguishedProfessorofChemistryandtheDirectoroftheInstituteofChemicalBiologyandDrugDiscoveryattheStateUniversityofNewYorkatStonyBrook.Heisarecipientofnumerousawards,includingtheArthurC.CopeScholarAward(ACS),theChemicalSocietyofJapanAward,andtheE.B.HershbergAward(ACS).HeisaFellowoftheGuggenheimFoundation,theAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,andtheNewYorkAcademyofSciences.Dr.OjimawasinductedtotheMedicinalChemistryHallofFame(ACS)in2006.