Springer Organolithiums in Enantioselective Synthesis: 5 (Topics in Organometallic Chemistry, 5)

This volume is the first dedicated to a comprehensive coverage of this rapidly developing transdisciplinary field. It provides a rich source of essential information on synthesizing molecules in an enantioselective manner using organolithiums, and serves as an inspiration for future developments. Review This book is a valuable addition to the Topics in Organo-metallicChemistry series that has successfully culled a vasttopic into engaging and focused chapters through skillfuleditorship. With minimal redundancy, the short text providescomprehensive coverage of stereoselective deprotonations usingalkyllithiums in the presence of sparteine; the presentationbalances uninspiring examples with those in which the effectivenessof the asymmetric depronation strategy is unsur-passed. Interspersed throughout are complementary methods forthe creation and utilization of organolithiums in myriad reactionsthat contribute meaningfully to the usefulness of the text. Clearchapter headings and subject/author indexes make findinginformation easy, and the volume will be a useful addition tolibrary reference collections.Brian L. Pagenkopf, University of Texas at Austin J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2003 To cover this very large subject, which has grown in size over severaldecades and continues to develop rapidly, in such a compact form, as in thisvolume, was certainly a demanding task, but it has been done successfully.Through the sensible choice of topic areas and by the arrangement of thematerial under different headings, the reader is given easy access to this complex subject. Bernd GoldfussInstitut für Organische ChemieUniversität Köln Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed. 2004, 43, 778-781www.angewandte.org2004 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim ------ In this monograph, which is the newest addition to the excellent Topics in Organometallic Chemistry series, several authors from eight research groups around the world describe the current state of the art in the area of stereoselectivity control using organolithium reagents.This book is a fine addition to any collection of synthetic monographs or to a library centering on organometallic reactions. Practitioners of stereoselective synthesis of natural products will likely find it very useful. Marek MajewskiUniversity of Saskatchewan, Canada Adv. Synth. Catal. 2005, 347, 719-720Wiley-VCH