Classics in Stereoselective Synthesis

MACROCYCLIC STEREOCONTROL
Introduction
Background
Conformational Control in Medium-Sized Rings
Asymmetric Synthesis with Medium-Sized Rings
Case Studies in Natural Products Total Synthesis
Macrocyclic Stereocontrol in Cyclic Peptides
Appendix: Macrocycle Formation
CARBONYL ADITION REACTIONS
Introduction
Non-Chelated 1,2-Asymmetric Induction and the Operation of Steric and Electronic Effects
1,2-Asymmetric Induction Predicated on Chelation Control
1,3-Asymmetric Induction from CBeta Stereogenic Centers
Asymmetric Induction by Remote Stereocenters (Beyond 1,3-Induction)
Catalytic Enantioselective Carbonyl Additions of Arganozinc Species
Enantioselective Ketone Reduction
Enzymatic Reduction of Ketones
Enantioselective Formation of Cyanohydrins
Enantioselective Alkyne Additions
Asymmetric Carbonyl-Ene Reactions
ALPHA-FUNCTIONALIZATIONS OF ENOLATES
Introduction
Diastereoselective Alpha-Alkylations of Chiral Enolates
Heteroatom-Substituted Enolates
Asymmetric Enolate Alkylations Using Chiral Auxiliaries
Enantioselective Enolate Alkylations
Alpha-Hydroxylations of Enolates
Alpha-Halogenations of Enolates
ALDOL REACTIONS
Introduction
Chiral Enolates Through the Use of Chiral Auxiliaries or Chiral Controller Groups
Substrate Control with Chiral Carbonyl Compounds
Catalytic Enantioselective Aldol Reactions
ALLYLATIONS OF C=O BONDS
Introduction
Reactivity of Allylmetal Reagents
Boronate Additions
Enantioselective Additions of Optically Active Allylic Boron Reagents
Diastereoselecive Allylations with Chiral Boron Reagents
Mechanistic Aspects - Lewis Acid-Promoted Addition of Allylsilanes and Allylstannanes to Aldehydes
Chelation Control in the Allylation of Alpha- and Beta-Alkoxy Aldehydes
Allylchromium Reagents
Diastereoselective Allylations with Chiral Silanes and Stannanes
Catalytic Asymmetric Allylations
CHIRAL ACETALS
Introduction
Diastereoselective Reactions of Chiral Acetals
Glycosylations
Spiroketals in Natural Product

Erick M. Carreira, born in La Habana, Cuba, obtained a B.S. degree in 1984 from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign under the supervision of Scott E. Denmark, and a PhD in 1990 from Harvard University under the supervision of David A. Evans. After carrying out postdoctoral work with Peter Dervan at the California Institute of Technology through mid-1992, he joined the faculty at the same institution as an assistant professor of chemistry and was promoted to full professor in 1997. In 1998, he moved to the Laboratory of Organic Chemistry at the ETH-Zurich, Switzerland. He has over 180 research publications and numerous patents to his name. He is the recipient of, among others, the American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry the Nobel Laureate Signature Award, and he has held the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship in Science and Engineering as well as the Tetrahedron Chair Prize. Professor Carreira's research program is focused on the four interrelated areas of organic synthesis: catalysis, methodology, natural products synthesis, and bioorganic chemistry.
 
Lisbet Kvaerno, born in Denmark, received her M.Sc. in chemistry from the University of Copenhagen under Prof. Jesper Wengel. She obtained her PhD in 2004 after working in total synthesis at the Technical University of Denmark under Prof. David Tanner and in medicinal chemistry at the ETH Zurich supervised by Prof. Erick M. Carreira. As a postdoctoral fellow in the research group of Prof. David A. Evans at Harvard University, she completed the total synthesis of the marine natural product (+)-azaspiracid. After a brief period as an independent junior group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Coal Research in Muelheim, Germany, she joined Lundbeck in Copenhagen as a process chemist in the late summer of 2008.
 

The coherent appearance of all illustrations, multiple insertions of important concepts in boxes separate from the main text as well as many enlightening citations from prominent chemists and classic papers make this book unique and very enjoyable to read. (Chemistry World, November 2009) Carreira and Kvaerno have provided a magnificent book that will be useful to students, instructors, and practicing chemists in industry and academia alike. ( Angewandte Chemie, August 2009)

?The coherent appearance of all illustrations, multiple insertions of important concepts in boxes separate from the main text as well as many enlightening citations from prominent chemists and classic papers make this book unique and very enjoyable to read.? ( Chemistry World , November 2009)
?Carreira and Kvaerno have provided a magnificent book that will be useful to students, instructors, and practicing chemists in industry and academia alike.? ( Angewandte Chemie , August 2009)