Organic Sythesis : An Interdisciplinary Challenge Book

Transition metal complexes as catalysts in organic synthesis; The synthesis of heterocycles via transition metal chemistry; The activation and selective functionalisation of alkanes by some soluble transition metal systems; Asymmetric synthesis catalyzed by chiral ferrocenylphosphine-transition metal complexes; Palladium-catalyzed reactions of organometallic compounds; Metal-catalysed stereoselective additions of hydrogen cyanide and other small molecules to alkenes and alkynes; Magnesium-anthracene as a source of soluble, active magnesium; Stereo- and regio-selective organic transformations by transition metal catalysis; New applications of organometallic derivatives of Li, Mg, B, Al, Si, Ti and V in selective syntheses; Asymmetric syntheses via heterocyclic intermediates; Stereoselectivity and stereospecificity: new tools in industrial organic chemistry; New route to gem dialkylcyclopropane carboxylic acids; Application to the synthesis of chrysanthemic acids; Dien-ketens: key compounds in natural product synthesis; The "tert-amino effect" in heterocyclic synthesis: in situ generation of 1,5-dipolar intermediates; New n-ylids and their synthetic utility; Stereoselection at 3-carbon units; Recent studies and applications in natural product synthesis; Some synthetic applications of alcohol dehydrogenases and esterases; Enantioselective synthesis of some carbapenem, aminosugar, and nucleoside antibiotics by enzymatic approach; Chemical and enzymatic synthesis of genes; Biohydroxylation of non-activated carbon atoms by the fungus Beauveria sulfurescens; Carbohydrate-like chiral atoms; Synthetic control leading to the synthesis of carbohydrates; Routes to carbocyclic compoundsof pharmaceutical importance from carbohydrates; The kinetic anomeric effect in asymmetric synthesis: a new approach to amino-phosphonic acids; Carbohydrates versus non-carbohydrates in organic synthesis; Carbohydrates in functionally-substituted vinyl carbanion chemistry; The stereospecific synthesis of macrobicyclic and macropolycyclic polyethers from carbohydrate precursors; New approaches to C-glycosides; Strategies in oligosaccharide synthesis