Books in the Topics in Current Chemistry series

With contributions by numerous experts

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science.The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience.Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field.Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors.Readership: research chemists at universities or in industry, graduate students

Covers such topics as: Key Building Blocks via Enzyme-Mediated Synthesis; Engineered Biosynthesis of Plant Polyketides: Structure-Based and Precursor-Directed Approach; Enzymatic and Chemo-Enzymatic Approaches Towards Natural and Non-Natural Alkaloids: Indoles, Isoquinolines, and Others; and, more.

An excellent monograph for the cross-coupling reactions and other met- catalyzed C-C bond-forming reactions recently appeared in Metal-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions (Wiley-VCH,1998).

B. Basler, S. Brandes, A. Spiegel and T. Bach: Total Synthesis of Kalsoene and Preussin.- R. Bandichhor, B. Nosse and O. Reiser: Paraconic Acids - the Natural Products from Lichen Symbiont.- M. Hiersemann and H. Helmboldt: Recent Progress in the Total Synthesis of Dolabellane and Dolastane Diterpenes.- L.A. Wessjohann and E. Ruijter: Strategies for Total and Diversity-Oriented Synthesis of Natural Product (-Like) Macrolides.- M. Sefkow: Enantioselective Synthesis of C(8)-Hydroxylated Lignans: Early Approaches and Recent Advances.

This series presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.

Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors, by Heinz Bassler and Anna Koehler. Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphene for Molecular Electronics, by Julio R. Thompson.- Molecular Monolayers as Semiconducting Channels in Field Effect Transistors, by Cherie R.

Charge Transport in Organic Semiconductors, by Heinz Bassler and Anna Koehler. Fullerenes, Carbon Nanotubes, and Graphene for Molecular Electronics, by Julio R. Thompson.- Molecular Monolayers as Semiconducting Channels in Field Effect Transistors, by Cherie R.

Still valid and useful after a decade, this work presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. It contains short and concise reports on chemistry, each written by world-renowned experts.

Cindy Schulenburg and Donald Hilvert, Protein Conformational Disorder and Enzyme Catalysis. Brooks III, Multiple Intermediates, Diverse Conformations, and Cooperative Conformational Changes Underlie the Catalytic Hydride Transfer Reaction of Dihydrofolate Reductase.

Still valid and useful after a decade, this work presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. It contains short and concise reports on chemistry, each written by world-renowned experts.

With contributions by numerous experts

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.

"Ionic liquids will never find application in industry", "I don't understand this fad for ionic liquids" and "there is no widespread interest in these systems" are just three of quotes from the reports of referees for research proposals that I have received over the years.

With contributions by numerous experts

Part of the "Topics in Current Chemistry" series, this volume covers a range of issues concerned with hypervalent iodine chemistry, including introductions to reactivities, properties and structures, as well as preparation, and coverage of various bond-forming reactions.

T.J. Heckrodt and J.H. Mulzer: Marine Natural Products from Pseudopterogorgia Elisabethae: Structures, Biosynthesis, Pharmacology and Total Synthesis.- M. Kalesse: Vinylogous Aldol Reactions and Their Applications in the Syntheses of Natural Products.- U. Beifuss and M. Tietze: Methanophenazine and Other Natural Biologically Active Phenazines.- H.-J. Knoelker: Occurrence, Biological Activity, and Convergent Organometallic Synthesis of Carbazole Alkaloids.- U. Nubbemeyer: Charge Accelerated Aza-Claisen Rearrangements.- P. Metz: Synthetic Studies on the Pamamycin Macrodiolides.

Orbital mixing rules were developed by Libit and Hoffmann and by Inagaki and Fukui in 1974 and Hirano and Imamura in 1975 to predict magnitudes of orbital amplitudes (Scheme 2) for understanding and designing stereoselective reactions.

This book presents the state of the art in the synthesis very complex saccharide structures, written by leading scientists at the forefront of this rapidly growing field.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.

Cindy Schulenburg and Donald Hilvert, Protein Conformational Disorder and Enzyme Catalysis. Brooks III, Multiple Intermediates, Diverse Conformations, and Cooperative Conformational Changes Underlie the Catalytic Hydride Transfer Reaction of Dihydrofolate Reductase.

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. The scope of coverage is all areas of chemical science including the interfaces with related disciplines such as biology, medicine and materials science.The goal of each thematic volume is to give the non-specialist reader, whether in academia or industry, a comprehensive insight into an area where new research is emerging which is of interest to a larger scientific audience.Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole. The most significant developments of the last 5 to 10 years are presented using selected examples to illustrate the principles discussed. The coverage is not intended to be an exhaustive summary of the field or include large quantities of data, but should rather be conceptual, concentrating on the methodological thinking that will allow the non-specialist reader to understand the information presented. Contributions also offer an outlook on potential future developments in the field.Review articles for the individual volumes are invited by the volume editors. Readership: research chemists at universities or in industry, graduate students

The series Topics in Current Chemistry presents critical reviews of the present and future trends in modern chemical research. Each review within the volume critically surveys one aspect of that topic and places it within the context of the volume as a whole.