Includes bibliographical references and index.

Frontmatter -- New Materials and Technologies: Supported Catalysts, Supports, Self-Supported Catalysts, Chiral Ionic Liquid, Supercritical Fluids, Flow Reactors, and Microwaves. Recyclable Stereoselective Catalysts / Carlos M Monteiro, Alexandre F Trindade, Pedro M P Gois, Carlos A M Afonso -- Recyclable Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Reactions / Michelangelo Gruttadauria, Francesco Giacalone, Renato Noto -- Synthesis and Characterization of Supported Chiral Catalysts / Carmela Aprile, Hermenegildo Garcia, Paolo P Pescarmona -- Synthesis of Chiral Catalysts Supported on Organic Polymers / Tor Erik Kristensen, Tore Hansen -- Self-Supported Chiral Catalysts / Hongchao Guo, Kuiling Ding -- Catalysis with Chirally Modified Metal Surfaces: Scope and Mechanisms / Angelo Vargas, Cecilia Mondelli, Alfons Baiker -- Chiral Ionic Liquids for Asymmetric Reactions / Annie-Claude Gaumont, Yves Ǧnisson, Fřďric Guillen, Viacheslav Zgonnik, Jean-Christophe Plaquevent -- Asymmetric Reactions in Flow Reactors / Munawwer Rasheed, Simon C Elmore, Thomas Wirth -- Asymmetric Catalytic Synthesis in Supercritical Fluids / Tomoko Matsuda -- Microwave-Assisted Transition Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Synthesis / Luke R Odell, Mats Larhed -- Recent Advances in Organocatalytic, Enzymatic, and Metal-Based Mediated Asymmetric Synthesis. Recent Advances on Stereoselective Organocatalytic Reactions. Organocatalytic Synthesis of Natural Products and Drugs / Monika Raj, Vinod K Singh -- Recent Advances in Biocatalysis Applied to Organic Synthesis / Gonzalo de Gonzalo, Iv̀n Lavandera, Vicente Gotor -- Peptides for Asymmetric Catalysis / Matthias Freund, Svetlana B Tsogoeva -- Silicate-Mediated Stereoselective Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral Lewis Bases / Maurizio Benaglia, Stefania Guizzetti, Sergio Rossi -- Recent Advances in the Metal-Catalyzed Stereoselective Synthesis of Biologically Active Molecules / Catalina Ferrer, Xavier Verdaguer, Antoni Riera -- Stereoselective Nitrogen Heterocycle Synthesis Mediated by Chiral Metal Catalysts / Sherry R Chemler -- Index.

"This book covers advances in the methods of catalytic asymmetric synthesis and their applications. Coverage moves from new materials such as chiral ionic liquids, supported catalysts and flow reactors; to homogeneous metal-free catalysts and homogeneous metal catalysts. The applications of several methodologies for the synthesis of biologically active molecules are discussed. Part I addresses recent advances in new technologies related to asymmetric catalysis. Part II covers advances and milestones with amino acids, both natural and unnatural, as powerful organocatalysts - including applications for the synthesis of biologically active molecules"-- Provided by publisher.

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