Many new drugs on the market are chiral compounds, that is, they can exist in two non-superimposable mirror-image forms. Asymmetric catalysis encompasses a large variety of processes for obtaining such compounds. The performance of the catalyst in those processes largely depends on the ligand that makes up the catalyst. This book describes the most relevant ligand libraries for some key processes, including an overview of the state of art and the key mechanistic aspects that favor a high catalytic performance. Key Features: The book presents historical content from the time of discovery for each family of ligands. Provides a description of the synthetic route and the ligand library's application in various catalytic asymmetric reactions Suitable as supplementary reading for courses targeting the design, synthesis and application of chiral catalysts, asymmetric catalysis and sustainable production Edited by a distinguished scientist in the field, the book has a diverse audience including research groups in homogeneous catalysis, particularly asymmetric transformations

Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation, Volume 68 in the Advances in Catalysis series, fills the gap between journal papers and textbooks across diverse areas of catalysis research. For more than 60 years, this series has recorded and presented the latest progress in the field of catalysis, giving the scientific community comprehensive and authoritative reviews. Chapters in this new release include Asymmetric hydrogenation of functionalized olefins, Asymmetric hydrogenation of unfunctionalized olefins or with poorly coordinative groups, Asymmetric hydrogenation of imines, Asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones, Asymmetric hydrogenation in industry, and Computational insights into metal-catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation. This series is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for chemical engineers and chemists working in the field of catalysis in both academia and industry, with this release focusing on solid acids, surface acidity and heterogeneous acid catalysis.

Advances in Catalysis, Volume 71 highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Advances in the catalytic and photocatalytic behavior of carborane derived metal complexes, Transition metal catalyzed synthesis of derivatives of polyhedral boron hydrides with B-N, B-P, B-O and B-S bonds, Recent advances in transition metal catalyzed selective cage BH functionalization of o-carboranes, Boron Compounds for Catalytic Applications, Regioselective Carborane B-H/C-H Functionalization, and Derivatization of monocarborane and dodecaborate anions by controlled B-H activation.

Catalysis for Enabling Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Volume 70 in the Advances in Catalysis series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Catalytic nonreductive CO2 conversions to facilitate fine chemical synthesis, Electrochemical transformation of CO2 into methanol, Electrocatalytic routes towards Carbon Dioxide Activation and Utilization, Visible-light photoredox-catalyzed organic transformations with CO2, Heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of CO2into cyclic and polymeric carbonates, and Catalytic synthesis of biosourced organic carbonates and sustainable hybrid materials from CO2.

Advances in Catalysis, Volume 69 fills the gap between journal papers and textbooks across the diverse areas of catalysis research. For more than 60 years, this series has dedicated itself to record and present the latest progress in the field of catalysis, providing the scientific community with comprehensive and authoritative reviews. This series is an invaluable and comprehensive resource for chemical engineers and chemists working in the field of catalysis in both academia and industry, with this release focusing on solid acids, surface acidity and heterogeneous acid catalysis.

Enantioselective C-C Bond Forming Reactions: From Metal Complex-, Organo-, and Bio-catalyzed Perspectives, Volume 73 in the Advances in Catalysis series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as An introduction to Chirality, Metal-catalyzed stereoselective C-C-bond forming reactions, Enantioselective C-C bond forming reactions promoted by organocatalysts based on unnatural amino acid derivatives, Enantioselective C-C bond formation in complex multicatalytic system, Gold-based multicatalytic systems for enantioselective C-C Bond forming reactions, Novel enzymatic tools for C-C bond formation through the development of new-to-nature biocatalysis, and more.

New Horizons in Modern Catalysis: Six Different Perspectives, Volume 72 in the Advances in Catalysis series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on Carbanion-functionalized phosphines: New design elements for catalyst development, Molecular Electrocatalysts for Organic Electrosynthesis, Mechanistic aspects of secondary sphere modification in organocatalysis, Earth-Abundant Transition Metal-Catalyzed reactions with Iodine(III) reagents: from catalysis to mechanistic studies, Design of metal nanoparticles for better performance in catalysis, and Computational design of industrially relevant enzymes.