Handbook of Chiral Chemicals, 2nd ed. 

1-57444664-9

978-1-57444664-7

D. Ager, CRC Press, 2006, 664 pp., hard cover

Introduction;
Amino Acids;
Microbial Pathway Engineering for Amino Acid Manufacture;
Carbohydrates in Synthesis;
Terpenes: The Expansion of the Chiral Pool;
Resolutions at Large Scale: Case Studies;
New Developments in Crystallization-Induced Resolution;
The Role of cis -1-Amino-2-indanol in Resolution Processes;
Asymmetric Oxidations;
Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins by Chiral Ketones;
Ozonolysis in the Production of Chiral Fine Chemicals;
Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydrogenations, Isomerizations, and Other Reactions;
Modular, Chiral P-Heterocycles in Asymmetric Catalysis;
Asymmetric Olefin Hydrogenation Using Monodentate BINOL- and Bisphenol-Based Ligands: Phosphonites, Phosphites, and Phosphoramidites;
Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions with Ferrocene-Based Diphosphine Ligands;
Asymmetric Reduction of Prochiral Ketones Catalyzed by Oxazaborolidines;
cis -1-Amino-2-indanol-Derived Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis;
Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Activated Ketones Using Heterogeneous Pt Catalysts Modified with Cinchona Alkaloids;
Biotransformations: "Green" Processes for the Synthesis of Chiral Fine Chemicals;
Combining Enzyme Discovery and Evolution to Develop Biocatalysts;
One-Pot Synthesis and the Integration of Chemical and Biocatalytic Conversions;
Substitution Reactions;
Industrial Applications of Chiral Auxiliaries;
The Role and Importance of cis -1-Amino-2-indanol in Biological Systems and Asymmetric Processes;
Enantiopure Amines by Chirality Transfer Using (-R-)-Phenylglycine Amide;
Pericyclic Reactions;
Asymmetric Free-Radical Reductions Mediated by Chiral Stannanes, Germanes, and Silanes;
Metathesis Reactions;
Synthesis of Homochiral Compounds: A Small Company's Role;
Commercial Synthesis of the Antiglaucoma Prostanoid Travoprost;
Synthesis of Large Volume Products;
Index