Comprehensive Chirality

Comprehensive Chirality, Second Edition is the definitive ten-volume reference, offering a thorough exploration of chiral research and application. This extensively updated edition features 121 new chapters and 70 revised ones, focusing on the latest advancements in chiral research across synthesis, catalysis, analytical chemistry, and bioactive compound synthesis. Edited by a world-class editorial board, with contributions from leading experts, Comprehensive Chirality, Second Edition bridges theoretical principles with practical applications, making it an invaluable resource for advanced students, researchers, and professionals.

Key highlights include:
- Innovative Reactions and Methods: advanced diastereo- and enantioselective techniques for controlling stereogenic centers in complex natural products and pharmaceuticals.
- Chiral Auxiliaries and Modern Reagents: transformative uses of chiral auxiliaries and cutting-edge reagents such as hypervalent iodide.
- Catalytic Methodologies: comprehensive coverage of C-C bond formation, emphasizing transition metals, biocatalysis, and multicatalysis.
- Asymmetric Photochemistry: light-induced asymmetric transformations.
- Olefin Functionalization and Cycloaddition: asymmetric oxidation and reduction methods.
- Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering: in-depth analysis of enzyme design and engineering as powerful synthesis catalysts.
- Industrial Applications: practical insights into asymmetric synthesis for industrial applications, illustrated through recent case studies.
- Spectroscopic Techniques: updated spectroscopic methods for separating and analyzing enantiomers.