Hydrolysis, Oxidation and Reduction, Volume 1 / Catalysts For Fine Chemicals Synthesis (PDF)

Catalysts are increasingly used by chemists engaged in fine
chemical synthesis within both industry and academia. Today, there
exists a huge choice of high-tech catalysts, which add enormously
to the repertoire of synthetic possibilities. However, catalysts
are occasionally capricious, sometimes difficult to use and almost
always require both skill and experience in order to achieve
optimal results. This series aims to be a practical help for
advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well
as experienced chemists in industry and academia working in organic
and 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 a
report by Stanley M. Roberts on the integration of
biotransformations into the catalyst portfolio.

The procedure section contains a wide variety of synthetic
protocols, such as epoxidations of unsaturated ketones and esters,
asymmetric reductions of carbon-oxygen double bonds, asymmetric
hydrogenations of carbon-carbon double bonds and other types of
reaction. The featured catalysts include a wide range of different
materials such as poly-D-leucine, D-fructose-based dioxiranes,
oxaborolidine borane, some important titanium and ruthenium
complexes as well as baker's yeast. For each reaction there are one
or several detailed protocols on how to prepare and employ the
various catalysts.