Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis

Gawley, R. E. Aube, J. Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis Pergamon New York, 1996. 

CARRUTHERS Cycloaddition Reactions in Organic Synthesis CLARIDGE High-Resolution NMR Techniques in Organic Chemistry FINET Ligand Coupling Reactions with Heteroatomic Compounds GAWLEY AUBE Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis... 

Gawley RE, Aube J (1996) Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis. Pergamon, Oxford, p 14... 

R.E. Gawley, J. Aube, Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis, Elsevier, Oxford, 1996. 

The basic principles of asymmetric synthesis have been discussed in a number of recent reviews (2,3). The heart of an asymmetric synthesis is a reaction in which an achiral unit in an ensemble of substrate molecules is converted into a chiral unit in such a manner that the stereoisomeric products are obtained in unequal amounts. For almost all cases this is equivalent to the statement that in an asymmetric reaction a prochiral unit is converted into a chiral unit. 

Gawley R, Aub J. In Baldwin JE, Magnus FRS, Magnus PD, Eds. Principles of Asymmetric Synthesis. Oxford Pergamon Press, 1996. 

Mulzer, J. Basic principles of asymmetric synthesis. Comprehensive Asymmetric Catalysis /-///1999, 1, 33-97. 

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