Asymmetric Catalysis on Industrial Scale
Subtitle: Challenges, Approaches and Solutions (Chemistry)
Contributors: Hans Ulrich Blaser (Editor); Elke Schmidt (Editor)
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: January 16, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 480
ISBN-13: 9783527306312
Subjects: Enantioselective catalysis; Catalysis; Organic Chemistry; Science; Science/Mathematics; Industrial applications; Chemistry - Organic; Chemistry - Physical & Theoretical; Science / Chemistry / Physical & Theoretical; Case studies; Asymmetric synthesis
First sentence: The development of catalysts for asymmetric hydrogenation began with the concept of replacing the triphenylphosphane ligand of the Wilkinson catalyst with a chiral ligand.