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Description of  Designing Organic Syntheses: A Programmed Introduction to the Synthon Approach

Catalysts are increasingly used by chemists engaged in finechemical synthesis within both industry and academia. Today, thereexists a huge choice of high-tech catalysts, which add enormouslyto the repertoire of synthetic possibilities. However, catalystsare occasionally capricious, sometimes difficult to use and almostalways require both skill and experience in order to achieveoptimal results. This series aims to be a practical help foradvanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as wellas experienced chemists in industry and academia working in organicand organometallic synthesis. The series features: * Tested and validated procedures. * Authoritative reviews on classes of catalysts. * Assessments of all types of catalysts. * Expertise from the Leverhulme Centre for Innovative Catalysis,Liverpool, UK. The review section in the first volume of the series contains areport by Stanley M. Roberts on the integration ofbiotransformations into the catalyst portfolio. The procedure section contains a wide variety of syntheticprotocols, such as epoxidations of unsaturated ketones and esters,asymmetric reductions of carbon-oxygen double bonds, asymmetrichydrogenations of carbon-carbon double bonds and other types ofreaction. The featured catalysts include a wide range of differentmaterials such as poly-D-leucine, D-fructose-based dioxiranes,oxaborolidine borane, some important titanium and rutheniumcomplexes as well as baker's yeast. For each reaction there are oneor several detailed protocols on how to prepare and employ thevarious catalysts.