Asymmetric Synthesis with Chemical and Biological Methods

摘要

To write a critical review of a book is no easy task, particularly when you have sat in the editor's chair and put together books of your own, the faults of which you feel all too well and hope others will not notice. Asymmetric Synthesis with Chemical and Biological Methods is interesting in that it amounts to a rather unusual contribution to the literature. It is a diverse compilation of research conducted under the auspices of the Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 380, one of a number of special thematic cooperative research efforts that have been and continue to be funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemein-schaft. From 1994 to 2005, SFB 380 was dedicated to research as described by the book's title. After a little over 10 years, the SFB ended and the results obtained were very impressive. This book appears to be the final research report.