Review of Recent Developments in Asymmetric Organocatalysis

摘要

This third book in the RSC Catalysis Series is a compilation of the reports of chiral organocatalysts and their reactions. It is largely a snapshot of activity in this field, limited to reports appearing in 2008 and those in the opening weeks of 2009, but published in 2010. The chapters are organized by general reaction type, beginning with nucleophilic additions to electron deficient alkenes, carbonyl, and azomethine (Chapters 1 -3, respectively), and proceeding through Chapters 4-8 on additions to X=Y, nucleophilic substitutions at carbon, cycloaddition reactions, oxidations, and reductions. The concluding chapters cover kinetic resolutions and desymmetrizations as well as "miscellaneous reactions".