Chemical Synthesis

Asymmetric Synthesis: I - Fundamentals and Recent Advances. II - Some Aspects of Asymmetric Catalysis with Transition-Metal Complexes.- Addition of Enolates and Metalloalkyls to Imines. Stereospecific Synthesis of p-Lactams, Amines, Aziridines and Aminols.- Target-Driven Organic Synthesis: Reflections on the Past, Prospects for the Future.- Optically Active Transition Metal Compounds Containing Chirai Transition MetalAtoms.- Biomimetic Chemistry. Bifunctional Binding and Catalysis.- Design of Enzyme Inhibitors. Answering Biological Questions Through OrganicSynthesis.- Enantioselective Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes.- Directed Aromatic Metalation: A Continuing Education in Flatland Chemistry.- Panel Discussion I. As We Head Into the 21st Century, is There Still Value in Total Synthesis of Natural Products as a Research Endeavor?.- Convergent Strategies For Synthetic Receptors.- The Advancement of Radical-Based Synthetic Strategies: From Reagent Design to Polymer Modification.- Templated Synthesis of Enzyme Mimics: How Far Can We Go?.- Towards a Chemical Etiology of the Natural Nucleic Acids' Structure.- Principles of Antibody Catalysis.- New Homocalixarenes and Catenanes: From Molecular Recognition to Mechanical Bonds.- Self-Assembly in Chemical Synthesis.- Oligonucleotide-Directed Recognition of Double-Helical DNA.- Can Enzyme Mimics Compete With Catalytic Antibodies?.- Panel Discussion II. Synthesis of Giant Modular Structures: SupramolecularAssemblies and Weil-Defined Macro-molecules.- Polymer Synthesis and Stereochemistry with Transition Metal Catalysts.- Making Unnatural Products by Natural Means.- Supramolecular Chemistry and Chemical Synthesis. From Molecular Interactions to Self-Assembly.- Synthetic Approaches to Functional Polymers.- Transductionof Molecular Interactions into Macroscopic Properties.- Approaches to Synthesis Based on Non-Covalent Bonds.- The Functionalization of Saturated Hydrocarbons by Gif Chemistry. Part 1. Use of Superoxide and