Regio- and Stereo- Controlled Oxidations and Reductions, Volume 5

Volume 5 in the Catalysts for Fine Chemical Synthesis series describes new procedures for the regio- and stereo-controlled transformations of compounds involving oxidation or reduction reactions. It describes a wide range of catalysts, including organometallic systems, biocatalysts and biomimetics. This volume also includes descriptions of a variety of conversions, including: Baeyer-Villiger oxidations; Epoxidation reactions; Hydroxylation reactions; Oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids; Reduction of ketones; and Reduction of alkenes including ?, ?-unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The book will be an important text for practising synthetic organic chemists in industry and academia.

• Protocols are written in a standard format by the authors who have discovered them
• Hints, tips and safety advice (where appropriate) is given to ensure that the procedures are reproducible
• Indications are given as to the range of starting materials used and, where appropriate, comparisons to alternative methodology
• Includes relevant references to the primary literature.

Content: Chapter 1 Industrial Catalysts for Regio? or Stereo?Selective Oxidations and Reductions. A Review of Key Technologies and Targets (pages 1–33): John WhittallChapter 2 Asymmetric Hydrogenation of Alkenes, Enones, Ene?Esters and Ene?Acids (pages 35–86): Ildiko Gergely, Csaba Hegedus, Jozsef Bakos, Frederik Menges, Andreas Pfaltz, Pier Giorgio Cozzi, Jing Wu, Albert S. C. Chan, Tsuneo Imamoto, Aya Koide, Ryoichi Kuwano and Masaya SawamuraChapter 3 Asymmetric Reduction of Ketones (pages 87–159): Natalia Dubrovina, Armin Borner, Kaoru Nakamura, Mikio Fujii, Yoshiteru Ida, Antonio Rosales, Juan M. Cuerva, J. Enrique Oltra, Paul H. Moran, Julian P. Henschke, Antonio Zanotti?Gerosa, Ian C. Lennon, Michel (Massoud S.) Stephan, Barbara Mohar, Martin Wills, Yingjian Xu, Gorden Docherty, Gary Woodward, Jenny Wettergren, Hans Adolfsson, Severine Jeulin, Virginie Ratovelomanana?Vidal, Jean?Pierre Genet, Estelle Burri, Silke B. Wendicke, Kay Severin, Minjie Guo, Dao Li, Yanhui Sun, Zhaoguo Zhang, Liting Chai, Yangzhou Li, Quanrui Wang, Guangyin Wang and Gang ZhaoChapter 4 Imine Reduction and Reductive Amination (pages 161–181): Magnus Rueping, Erli Sugiono, Cengiz Azap, Thomas Theissmann, Andrey P. Antonchick, Sharaf Nawaz Khan, Nam Ju Cho and Hong?Seok KimChapter 5 Oxidation of Primary and Secondary Alcohols (pages 183–192): Suribabu Jammi, Tharmalingan Punniyamurthy, G. B. W. L Ligthart, R. H. Meijer, J. v. Buijtenen, J. Meuldijk, J. A. J. M. Vekemans, L. A. Hulshof, Krisada Kittigowittana, Manat Pohmakotr, Vichai Reutrakul and Chutima KuhakarnChapter 6 Hydroxylation, Epoxidation and Related Reactions (pages 193–254): Yujiro Hayashi, Mitsuru Shoji, Rosaria Ciriminna, Mario Pagliaro, Tony K. M. Shing, Gulice Y. C. Leung, To Luk, Alessandra Lattanzi, Arrigo Scettri, David Goeddel, Yian Shi, Giovanni Sartori, Alan Armstrong, Raimondo Maggi, Alessandro Mazzacani, Raffaella Sartorio, France Bigi, Belen Dominguez?Fernandez, Kazushige Hori, Keita Tani, Yasuo Tohda, Jerome Vachon, Celine Perollier, Alexandre Martinez, Jerome Lacour, Masakatsu Shibasaki, Hiroyuki Kakei, Shigeki Matsunaga, Ana Minatti, Karl Heinz Dotz, Mike R. Pitts and John WhittalldChapter 7 Oxidation of Ketones to Lactones or Enones (pages 255–266): Katsuji Ito, Tsutomu Katsuki, Paul Mather and John WhittallChapter 8 Oxidative C?C Coupling (pages 267–278): Nan?Sheng Xie, Quan?Zhong Liu, Zhi?Bin Luo, Liu?Zhu Gong, Ai?Qiao Mi, Yao?Zhong Jiang, Shigeki Habaue, Tomohisa Temma, Tomoyuki Yamada, Satoshi Sakaguchi and Yasutaka IshiiChapter 9 Oxidation of Sulfides and Sulfoxides (pages 279–302): Boyapati M. Choudary, Chinta Venkat, V. Reddy, Billakanti V. Prakash, Mannepalli L. Kantam, B. Sreedhar, Kiumar Bahrami, Vinay V. Thakur, A. Sudalai, Raffaella Del Litto, Guiseppina Roviello, Francesco Ruffo, Alessando Scarso and Giorgio Strukulxs