Overview
Chronicles the theory and practical applications of chiral technology by focusing on the efficient preparation,isolation, and separation of chiral molecules in optically pure forms. Discusses asymmetric synthesis and chiral resolution in a variety of contexts, including enantioselective reactions and additions, enzyme-catalyzed reactions, chromatographic methods with various chiral stationary phases or chiral discriminators, and enantioselective membrane transport.
Synopsis
Chronicles the theory and practical applications of chiral technology by focusing on the efficient preparation, isolation, and separation of chiral molecules in optically pure forms. Discusses asymmetric synthesis and chiral resolution in a variety of contexts, including enantioselective reactions and additions, enzyme-catalyzed reactions, chromatographic methods with various chiral stationary phases or chiral discriminators, and enantioselective membrane transport.
Booknews
For chemists in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, biology, and synthetic organic chemistry, explains the methods for separating molecules that are identical except for being non-superimposable mirror images of each other. Details the general strategy, available chiral stationary phases and criteria for selecting among them, choosing chromatographic methods, and improving the separations. Suggests that liquid-membrane systems for the enantioselective transport of chiral molecules may turn out to be the best in terms of cost and convenience. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.