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1 Chirality.- 1.1 The phenomenon of chirality.- 1.2 The biological significance of chirality: the need for asymmetric synthesis.- 1.3 The selective synthesis of enantiomers.- 1.4 The enantiomeric purity of natural products.- 1.5 The stereogenic unit and types of chiral compound.- 1.6 Centrally chiral compounds of carbon and silicon.- 1.7 Centrally chiral compounds of nitrogen and phosphorus.- 1.8 Centrally chiral compounds of sulphur.- 1.9 Axially chiral compounds.- 1.10 Chiral molecules with more than one stereogenic unit: diastereomers.- 1.11 The selective synthesis of diastereomers.- 1.12 Prochirality: enantotopic and diastereotopic groups.- 1.13 Absolute configuration 20 Reference and notes.- 2 The description of stereochemistry.- 2.1 Compounds with one stereogenic centre.- 2.2 Axially chiral compounds.- 2.3 Compounds with more than one stereogenic unit.- 2.4 The topicity of enantioselective reactions.- 2.5 The relative topicity of diastereoselective reactions.- 2.6 Further points on correct terminology.- References and notes.- 3 Analytical methods: determination of enantiomeric purity.- 3.1 Polarimetric methods.- 3.2 Gas chromatography methods.- 3.3 Liquid Chromatographic meth

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Author
R. A. Aitken (auth.), Dr R. Alan Aitken, Dr S. Nicholas Kilényi (eds.)
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Published
1992
Language
EN
ISBN
9789401045872
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Mathematics, Stem

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