This series offers practical help for advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as experienced chemists in industry and academia working with catalysts in organic and organometallic synthesis. It features tested and validated procedures, authoritative reviews on classes of catalysts, and assessments of all types of catalysts. Micro- and Mesoporous Solid Catalysts describes the use of zeolites and mesoporous solids as catalysts for the production of fine and specialty chemicals.

• Specific tips and hints are provided and some typical procedures are...

Reductionism as a scientific methodology has been extraordinarily successful in biology. However, recent developments in molecular biology have shown that reductionism is seriously inadequate in dealing with the mind-boggling complexity of integrated biological systems.
This title presents an appropriate balance between science and philosophy and covers traditional philosophical treatments of reductionism as well as the benefits and shortcomings of reductionism in particular areas of science.
Discussing the issue of reductionism in the practice of medicine it takes into account...

Catalysts are increasingly used by chemists engaged in fine chemical synthesis within both industry and academia. Today, there exists a huge choice of high-tech catalysts, which add enormously to the repertoire of synthetic possibilities. However, catalysts are occasionally capricious, sometimes difficult to use and almost always require both skill and experience in order to achieve optimal results. This series aims to be a practical help for advanced undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students, as well as experienced chemists in industry and academia working in organic and...

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet einen Uberblick uber das gesamte Gebiet der Organischen Stereochemie. Der Lernenden wird von Strukturen einfacher Molekule bis hin Biomolekulen geleitet und erhalt eine ausfuhrliche Einfuhrung in die Begriffe und Konzepte der Stereochemie. Da diese Bestandteil vieler organischer Reaktionen ist, entscheidet auch ihr Verstandnis uber den Erfolg der modernen Syntheseplanung. So gehen die Autoren zum Schlu auch auf die stereochemische Kontrolle in der asymmetrischen Synthese ein. Viele klare Diagramme und Ubungen mit Antworten in jedem Kapitel erleichtern das Lernen.

Replacing the very successful loose-leaf format, this invaluable set of protocols covers those areas where cells and enzymes have been proven to be useful catalysts.

From 1992-1997 Preparative Biotransformations was published in the loose-leaf format. During this time 800 pages of detailed protocols on the use and handling of cells and enzymes in organic synthesis were collected. This collection of protocopls has become very valuable and useful. Today's chemists are expected to be able to use enzymes as normal catalysts. In this key reference source, anyone working in area of...