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Rhodium has proven to be an extremely useful metal due to its ability to catalyze an array of synthetic transformations, with quite often-unique selectivity. Hydrogenation, C-H activation, allylic substitution, and numerous other reactions are catalyzed by this metal, which presumably accounts for the dramatic increase in the number of articles that have recently emerged on the topic.
An essential reference text for researchers at all levels in the general area of organic chemistry. This book provides an invaluable overview of the most significant developments in this important area of research, and will no doubt be an essential text for researchers at academic institutions and professionals at pharmaceutical/agrochemical companies.
List of contents
Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrogenation (Zhang)Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroborations and Related Reactions (Brown)Rhodium-Catalyzed Asymmetric Addition of Organometallic Reagents to Electron Deficient Olefins (Hayashi)Recent Advances in Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Olefin Isomerization and Hydroacylation Reactions (Fu)Stereoselective Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Hydroformylation and Silylformylation Reactions and Their Application to Organic Synthesis (Leighton)Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions Starting from Rh-H or Rh-Si Species (Matsuda)Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Cycloisomerization and Cyclotrimerization Reactions (Ojima)The Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Alder-ene Reaction (Brummond)Rhodium-Catalyzed Nucleophilic Ring Cleaving Reactions of Allylic Ethers and Amines (Fagnou)Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed Allylic Substitution Reactions and their Applications to Target Directed Synthesis (Evans)Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed [2+2+1] and [4+1] Carbocyclization Reactions (Jeong)Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed [4+2] and [4+2+2] Carbocyclizations (Robinson)Rhodium(I)-Catalyzed [5+2], [6+2], and [5+2+1] Cycloadditions: New Reactions for Organic Synthesis (Wender)Rhodium(II)-Stabilized Carbenoids Containing both Donor and Acceptor Substituents (Davies)Chiral Dirhodium(II)Carboxamidates for Asymmetric Cyclopropanation and Carbon-Hydrogen Insertion Reactions (Doyle)Cyclopentane Construction by Rhodium(II)-Mediated Intramolecular C-H Insertion (Taber)Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Oxidative Amination (DuBois)Rearrangement Processes of Oxonium and Ammonium Ylides Formed by Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed Carbene-Transfer (West)Rhodium(II)-Catalyzed 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Reactions (Austin)
About the author
P. Andrew Evans is a Professor Department of Chemistry at Indiana University, Bloomington. He obtained a Ph.D from Cambridge University under the supervision of Professor Andrew B. Holmes, F.R.S, and was a NATO Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin with Professor Philip D. Magnus, F.R.S. Professor Evans' research has been recognized on several occasions. Recent awards include a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, a Johnson and Johnson Focused Giving Award and the Pfizer Award for Creativity in Organic Chemistry.
Summary
Rhodium gehört zu den interessantesten und vielseitigsten Katalysemetallen. Schon heute wird es unter anderem für die Hydroformylierung, für 1,4-Additionen und Cycloisomerisierungen verwendet; ständig kommen neue Einsatzfelder hinzu. Ein umfassender Überblick über das Gesamtgebiet wurde in der Fachwelt schon lange nachgefragt. Der Herausgeber dieses Bandes erfüllt diesen Wunsch mit einer breit gefächerten Sammlung hochinteressanter Beiträge international renommierter Fachleute
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"In 19 Kapiteln vermitteln 31 Autoren dem Leser einen insgesamt sehr guten Überblick über die zahlreichen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten von Rhodiumkomplexen in der organischen Synthese. ... Die einzelnen Beiträge sind sowohl inhaltlich wie auch technisch (Qualität der Illustrationen) insgesamt von hoher Qualität und vermitteln einen sehr guten Überblick über moderne Entwicklungen auf den jeweiligen Gebieten."Bernd Schmidt, Fachbereich Chemie, Organische Chemie I, Universität Dortmund, Angewandte Chemie, 1. Juliheft 2005-117/25 + IE 2005-44/25
