Elsevier Chiral Phosphorous Based Ligands in Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis

Chiral Phosphorous Based Ligands in Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis summarizes the most significant progress in the field of chiral phosphine ligand chemistry and a broad range of earth-abundant transition metal/chiral phosphine ligand-catalyzed enantioselective transformations. The book provides an authoritative and in-depth understanding of important topics about asymmetric catalysis based on earth-abundant transition metals/chiral phosphine ligands, making it ideal for organic chemistry researchers working in the field of asymmetric catalysis, synthetic methodologies and total synthesis. The development of new chiral phosphine ligands to achieve precise stereo control in many earth-abundant transition metal-catalyzed reactions is a very important field in organic synthesis, materials science and medicinal chemistry. The asymmetric synthesis promoted by transition metal/chiral phosphine ligands provides one of the most ideal ways to produce valuable optically active chemicals. Review Summarizes progress in chiral phosphine ligand chemistry and a range of earth-abundant transition metal/chiral phosphine ligand-catalyzed enantioselective transformations From the Back Cover <p><i>Chiral Phosphorous Based Ligands in Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis</i> summarizes the most significant progress in the field of chiral phosphine ligand chemistry and a broad range of earth-abundant transition metal/chiral phosphine ligand-catalyzed enantioselective transformations. The development of new chiral phosphine ligands to achieve precise stereo control in many earth-abundant transition metal-catalyzed reactions is a very important field in organic synthesis, materials science and medicinal chemistry. The asymmetric synthesis promoted by transition metal/chiral phosphine ligands provides one of the most ideal ways to produce valuable optically active chemicals. Compared with precious transition metals, earth-abundant transition metals (such as iron, cobalt, nickel and copper), have obvious advantages including low price, low or no toxicity, and exhibit the unique reactivity and selectivity in asymmetric catalysis and synthesis.</p> <p><i>Chiral Phosphorous Based Ligands in Earth-Abundant Transition Metal Catalysis </i>provides an authoritative and in-depth understanding of important topics about asymmetric catalysis based on earth-abundant transition metals/chiral phosphine ligands and is ideal for organic chemistry researchers working in the field of asymmetric catalysis, synthetic methodologies as well as total synthesis.</p> About the Author Prof. Junliang Zhang obtained his B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1997 from Tianjin University and PhD degree from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2002 under the supervision of Prof. Shengming Ma. Then he worked as a postdoctoral fellow successively in University of Cologne (Humboldt Fellowship) and then University of Chicago. In 2006, he joined East China Normal University as a full professor. Then he moved to Fudan University in 2017 as professor of chemistry. His recent research interests include enyne chemistry, small ring chemistry and recently focus on developing novel chiral sulfinamide-based phosphine ligands in asymmetric catalysis. He has got several international awards, and published over 150 scientific articles and 5 book chapters. Dr. Wenbo Li obtained her B.S. degree in Chemistry in 2008 and PhD degree in 2013 from East China Normal University under the supervision of Professor Junliang Zhang. Then she began her academic career at East China Normal University in Junliang Zhang’s research group and promoted to associate professor in 2016. Her research focuses on the development of novel reactions and asymmetric transformations. She has authored/co-authored 24 papers and 2 book chapters.