Carbohydrates Tools for Stereoselective Synthesis

Closing a gap in the literature, this comprehensive book presents such carbohydrate tools as chiral auxiliaries, reagents, complex ligands and organocatalysts, together with details of their preparation, as well as their successful application in stereoselective synthesis. It covers the synthesis of carbohydrate tools, and discusses examples for a broad range of different reactions compared to those obtained with the best conventional methods. An indispensable source for every organic chemist.

Mike Boysen is Junior Professor at the Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany. He obtained his Ph.D. degree under the guidance of Thisbe K. Lindhorst at th University Kiel. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Stefan Oscarson at G?teborg University he joined the faculty at Hannover University. His research interests include synthetic carbohydrate chemistry, monosaccharide transformation, enantioselective synthesis and development of novel chiral ligands for metal catalysis based on carbohydrates.

GENERAL CONCEPTS
Structural Considerations
Pseudo Enantiomeric Approach
CARBOHYDRATE AUXILIARIES
Addition of Nucleophiles to Imines
1,4-Addition of Nucleophiles to alphe, beta-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
Reaction of Enolates
Cycloadditions
Cyclopropanation
Epoxidation
Miscellaneaous Reactions
CARBOHYDRATE REAGENTS
Hydride Reductions
Aldol-Type Reactions
1,2-Additions of Nucleophiles to Carbonyl Compounds Using Stochiometric Reagents
1,2-Additions of Nucleophiles to Carbonyl Compounds Using Additives
Miscellaneous Reactions
CARBOHYDRATE LIGANDS
Hydrogenation Reactions
Hydroformylations
Hydrovinylations
Hydrocyanations
Tsuji-Trost Reactions
Asymmetric Heck Reactions
1,4-Additions of Nucleophiles to alpha, beta-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds
1,2-Addition of Nucleophiles to Carbonyl Compounds
Cyclopropanations
Ring Opening Reactions
Miscellaneous Reactions
CARBOHYDRATE ORGANOCATALYSIS
Oxidations
Strecker and Mannich Reactions
Michael Additions
Miscellaneous Reactions