Principles and Applications of Asymmetric Synthesis
.pdfPrinciples and Applications of Asymmetric Synthesis
Guo-Qiang Lin, Yue-Ming Li, Albert S.C. Chan
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PRINCIPLES AND
APPLICATIONS OF
ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS
PRINCIPLES AND
APPLICATIONS OF ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS
Guo-Qiang Lin
Yue-Ming Li
Albert S. C. Chan
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CONTENTS
Preface |
xiii |
Abbreviations |
xv |
1 Introduction |
1 |
1.1The Signi®cance of Chirality and Stereoisomeric
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Discrimination |
3 |
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1.2 |
Asymmetry |
7 |
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1.2.1 |
Conditions for Asymmetry |
7 |
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1.2.2 |
Nomenclature |
8 |
1.3 |
Determining Enantiomer Composition |
16 |
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1.3.1 |
Measuring Speci®c Rotation |
17 |
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1.3.2 The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Method |
19 |
1.3.3Some Other Reagents for Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Analysis |
23 |
1.3.4Determining the Enantiomer Composition of Chiral
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Glycols or Cyclic Ketones |
24 |
1.3.5 Chromatographic Methods Using Chiral Columns |
25 |
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1.3.6 Capillary Electrophoresis with Enantioselective |
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Supporting Electrolytes |
28 |
1.4 Determining Absolute Con®guration |
29 |
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1.4.1 |
X-Ray Di¨raction Methods |
30 |
1.4.2 |
Chiroptical Methods |
32 |
1.4.3 The Chemical Interrelation Method |
35 |
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1.4.4 |
Prelog's Method |
36 |
1.4.5 |
Horeau's Method |
39 |
1.4.6Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Method for Relative
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Con®guration Determination |
40 |
1.5 |
General Strategies for Asymmetric Synthesis |
47 |
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1.5.1 |
``Chiron'' Approaches |
48 |
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1.5.2 |
Acyclic Diastereoselective Approaches |
49 |
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1.5.3 |
Double Asymmetric Synthesis |
53 |
1.6 |
Examples of Some Complicated Compounds |
56 |
1.7Some Common De®nitions in Asymmetric Synthesis and
Stereochemistry |
62 |
1.8 References |
65 |
vii
viii |
CONTENTS |
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2 a-Alkylation and Catalytic Alkylation of Carbonyl Compounds |
71 |
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2.1 |
Introduction |
71 |
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2.2 |
Chirality Transfer |
73 |
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2.2.1 |
Intra-annular Chirality Transfer |
74 |
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2.2.2 |
Extra-annular Chirality Transfer |
78 |
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2.2.3 Chelation-Enforced Intra-annular Chirality Transfer |
79 |
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2.3 |
Preparation of Quaternary Carbon Centers |
98 |
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2.4 |
Preparation of a-Amino Acids |
103 |
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2.5 |
Nucleophilic Substitution of Chiral Acetal |
103 |
2.6Chiral Catalyst-Induced Aldehyde Alkylation: Asymmetric
Nucleophilic Addition |
107 |
2.7Catalytic Asymmetric Additions of Dialkylzinc to Ketones:
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Enantioselective Formation of Tertiary Alcohols |
118 |
2.8 |
Asymmetric Cyanohydrination |
118 |
2.9 |
Asymmetric a-Hydroxyphosphonylation |
124 |
2.10 |
Summary |
127 |
2.11 |
References |
127 |
3 Aldol and Related Reactions |
135 |
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3.1 |
Introduction |
135 |
3.2 |
Substrate-Controlled Aldol Reaction |
138 |
3.2.1Oxazolidones as Chiral Auxiliaries: Chiral Auxiliary-
Mediated Aldol-Type Reactions |
138 |
3.2.2 Pyrrolidines as Chiral Auxiliaries |
142 |
3.2.3 Aminoalcohols as the Chiral Auxiliaries |
145 |
3.2.4 Acylsultam Systems as the Chiral Auxiliaries |
148 |
3.2.5 a-Silyl Ketones |
150 |
3.3 Reagent-Controlled Aldol Reactions |
150 |
3.3.1 |
Aldol Condensations Induced by Chiral Boron |
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Compounds |
150 |
3.3.2 |
Aldol Reactions Controlled by Corey's Reagents |
151 |
3.3.3Aldol Condensations Controlled by Miscellaneous
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Reagents |
154 |
3.4 Chiral Catalyst-Controlled Asymmetric Aldol Reaction |
155 |
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3.4.1 |
Mukaiyama's System |
155 |
3.4.2 |
Asymmetric Aldol Reactions with a Chiral |
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Ferrocenylphosphine±Gold(I) Complex |
159 |
3.4.3Asymmetric Aldol Reactions Catalyzed by Chiral
Lewis Acids |
160 |
3.4.4Catalytic Asymmetric Aldol Reaction Promoted by
Bimetallic Catalysts: Shibasaki's System |
163 |
3.5 Double Asymmetric Aldol Reactions |
165 |
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CONTENTS |
ix |
3.6 |
Asymmetric Allylation Reactions |
167 |
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3.6.1 |
The Roush Reaction |
168 |
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3.6.2 |
The Corey Reaction |
174 |
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3.6.3 Other Catalytic Asymmetric Allylation Reactions |
175 |
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3.7 |
Asymmetric Allylation and Alkylation of Imines |
179 |
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3.8 |
Other Types of Addition Reactions: Henry Reaction |
186 |
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3.9 |
Summary |
188 |
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3.10 |
References |
188 |
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4 Asymmetric Oxidations |
195 |
4.1Asymmetric Epoxidation of Allylic Alcohols: Sharpless
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Epoxidation |
195 |
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4.1.1 The Characteristics of Sharpless Epoxidation |
197 |
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4.1.2 Mechanism |
199 |
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4.1.3 Modi®cations and Improvements of Sharpless |
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Epoxidation |
200 |
4.2 |
Selective Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols |
204 |
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4.2.1 External Nucleophilic Opening of 2,3-Epoxy Alcohols |
205 |
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4.2.2 Opening by Intramolecular Nucleophiles |
207 |
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4.2.3 Opening by Metallic Hydride Reagents |
209 |
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4.2.4 Opening by Organometallic Compounds |
210 |
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4.2.5 Payne Rearrangement and Ring-Opening Processes |
211 |
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4.2.6 Asymmetric Desymmetrization of meso-Epoxides |
214 |
4.3 |
Asymmetric Epoxidation of Symmetric Divinyl Carbinols |
217 |
4.4 |
Enantioselective Dihydroxylation of Ole®ns |
221 |
4.5 |
Asymmetric Aminohydroxylation |
232 |
4.6 |
Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Ole®ns |
237 |
4.6.1Catalytic Enantioselective Epoxidation of Simple
Ole®ns by Salen Complexes |
237 |
4.6.2Catalytic Enantioselective Epoxidation of Simple
Ole®ns by Porphyrin Complexes |
243 |
4.6.3Chiral Ketone±Catalyzed Asymmetric Oxidation of
Unfunctionalized Ole®ns |
244 |
4.7 Catalytic Asymmetric Epoxidation of Aldehydes |
249 |
4.8Asymmetric Oxidation of Enolates for the Preparation of
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Optically Active a-Hydroxyl Carbonyl Compounds |
250 |
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4.8.1 |
Substrate-Controlled Reactions |
251 |
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4.8.2 |
Reagent-Controlled Reactions |
252 |
4.9 |
Asymmetric Aziridination and Related Reactions |
255 |
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4.9.1 |
Asymmetric Aziridination |
255 |
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4.9.2 Regioselective Ring Opening of Aziridines |
257 |
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4.10 |
Summary |
260 |
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4.11 |
References |
261 |
xCONTENTS
5 Asymmetric Diels-Alder and Other Cyclization Reactions |
267 |
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5.1 |
Chiral Dienophiles |
268 |
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5.1.1 |
Acrylate |
269 |
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5.1.2 |
a; b-Unsaturated Ketone |
270 |
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5.1.3 |
Chiral a; b-Unsubstituted N-Acyloxazolidinones |
273 |
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5.1.4 Chiral Alkoxy Iminium Salt |
273 |
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5.1.5 Chiral Sul®nyl-Substituted Compounds as |
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Dienophiles |
277 |
5.2 |
Chiral Dienes |
277 |
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5.3 |
Double Asymmetric Cycloaddition |
278 |
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5.4 |
Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysts |
279 |
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5.4.1 |
Narasaka's Catalyst |
280 |
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5.4.2 |
Chiral Lanthanide Catalyst |
282 |
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5.4.3 |
Bissulfonamides (Corey's Catalyst) |
282 |
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5.4.4 Chiral Acyloxy Borane Catalysts |
283 |
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5.4.5 Brùnsted Acid±Assisted Chiral Lewis Acid Catalysts |
285 |
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5.4.6 |
Bis(Oxazoline) Catalysts |
287 |
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5.4.7 Amino Acid Salts as Lewis Acids for Asymmetric |
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Diels-Alder Reactions |
289 |
5.5 |
Hetero Diels-Alder Reactions |
290 |
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5.5.1 |
Oxo Diels-Alder Reactions |
290 |
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5.5.2 |
Aza Diels-Alder Reactions |
296 |
5.6Formation of Quaternary Stereocenters Through Diels-Alder
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Reactions |
301 |
5.7 |
Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reactions |
301 |
5.8 |
Retro Diels-Alder Reactions |
306 |
5.9 |
Asymmetric Dipolar Cycloaddition |
308 |
5.10 |
Asymmetric Cyclopropanation |
313 |
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5.10.1 Transition Metal Complex±Catalyzed |
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Cyclopropanations |
314 |
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5.10.2 The Catalytic Asymmetric Simmons-Smith Reaction |
319 |
5.11 |
Summary |
322 |
5.12 |
References |
323 |
6Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation and Other Reduction
Reactions |
331 |
6.1 Introduction |
331 |
6.1.1Chiral Phosphine Ligands for Homogeneous
|
Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation |
332 |
6.1.2 |
Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation of CbC Bonds |
334 |
6.2 Asymmetric Reduction of Carbonyl Compounds |
355 |
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6.2.1 |
Reduction by BINAL±H |
356 |
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CONTENTS |
xi |
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6.2.2 Transition Metal±Complex Catalyzed Hydrogenation |
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of Carbonyl Compounds |
359 |
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6.2.3 The Oxazaborolidine Catalyst System |
367 |
6.3 |
Asymmetric Reduction of Imines |
373 |
6.4 |
Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation |
377 |
6.5 |
Asymmetric Hydroformylation |
384 |
6.6 |
Summary |
388 |
6.7 |
References |
389 |
7Applications of Asymmetric Reactions in the Synthesis of Natural
Products |
|
397 |
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7.1 |
The Synthesis of Erythronolide A |
397 |
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7.2 |
The Synthesis of 6-Deoxyerythronolide |
400 |
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7.3 |
The Synthesis of Rifamycin S |
403 |
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7.3.1 Kishi's Synthesis in 1980 |
404 |
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7.3.2 Kishi's Synthesis in 1981 |
408 |
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7.3.3 |
Masamune's Synthesis |
409 |
7.4 |
The Synthesis of Prostaglandins |
412 |
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7.4.1 |
Three-Component Coupling |
414 |
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7.4.2 Synthesis of the o-Side Chain |
415 |
7.4.3The Enantioselective Synthesis of (R)-4-Hydroxy-2-
Cyclopentenone |
417 |
7.5The Total Synthesis of TaxolÐA Challenge and Opportunity for Chemists Working in the Area of
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Asymmetric Synthesis |
418 |
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7.5.1 Synthesis of Baccatin III, the Polycyclic Part of Taxol |
419 |
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7.5.2 Asymmetric Synthesis of the Taxol Side Chain |
442 |
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7.6 |
Summary |
445 |
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7.7 |
References |
446 |
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8 Enzymatic Reactions and Miscellaneous Asymmetric Syntheses |
451 |
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8.1 |
Enzymatic and Related Processes |
451 |
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8.1.1 |
Lipase/Esterase-Catalyzed Reactions |
452 |
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8.1.2 |
Reductions |
454 |
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8.1.3 |
Enantioselective Microbial Oxidation |
455 |
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8.1.4 Formation of C±C Bond |
456 |
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8.1.5 Biocatalysts from Cultured Plant Cells |
458 |
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8.2 |
Miscellaneous Methods |
458 |
8.2.1Asymmetric Synthesis Catalyzed by Chiral
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Ferrocenylphosphine Complex |
458 |
8.2.2 |
Asymmetric Hydrosilylation of Ole®ns |
459 |
8.2.3 |
Synthesis of Chiral Biaryls |
460 |
xii CONTENTS
8.2.4 The Asymmetric Kharasch Reaction |
464 |
8.2.5Optically Active Lactones from Metal-Catalyzed Baeyer-Villiger±Type Oxidations Using Molecular
Oxygen as the Oxidant |
465 |
8.2.6Recent Progress in Asymmetric Wittig-Type
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Reactions |
466 |
8.2.7 |
Asymmetric Reformatsky Reactions |
469 |
8.2.8 |
Catalytic Asymmetric Wacker Cyclization |
470 |
8.2.9Palladium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Alkenylation of
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Cyclic Ole®ns |
471 |
8.2.10 |
Intramolecular Enyne Cyclization |
474 |
8.2.11 |
Asymmetric Darzens Reaction |
475 |
8.2.12 |
Asymmetric Conjugate Addition |
476 |
8.2.13 |
Asymmetric Synthesis of Fluorinated Compounds |
481 |
8.3 New Concepts in Asymmetric Reaction |
484 |
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8.3.1 |
Ti Catalysts from Self-Assembly Components |
484 |
8.3.2 |
Desymmetrization |
486 |
8.3.3 |
Cooperative Asymmetric Catalysis |
486 |
8.3.4Stereochemical Nonlinear E¨ects in Asymmetric
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Reaction |
492 |
8.3.5 |
Chiral Poisoning |
494 |
8.3.6 |
Enantioselective Activation and Induced Chirality |
496 |
8.4Chiral Ampli®cation, Chiral Autocatalysis, and the Origin of
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Natural Chirality |
499 |
8.5 |
Summary |
501 |
8.6 |
References |
501 |
Index |
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509 |