Organic Synthesis, Fourth Edition, provides a reaction-based approach to this important
branch of organic chemistry. Updated and accessible, this eagerly-awaited revision offers a …

Alkyl and aryl phosphites and phosphines react with compounds having weak heteroatom–
heteroatom bonds, such as S S, O O, etc., and with azo compounds to form reactive …

Styrene is an important industrial chemical and it is also produced naturally, mainly by the
decarboxylation of cinnamic acid. It possesses both an aromatic ring and a vinyl side-chain …

Aromatic hydrocarbons have a ubiquitous distribution in nature. The majority of these
compounds are formed through the pyrolysis of organic matter. Pyrolysis at high …

The construction of organic compounds containing one or more chirality centers utilizing
chiral starting materials is certainly one of the most exciting and spectacular chapters of the …

In order to design a biocatalyst for the production of optically pure styrene oxide, an
important building block in organic synthesis, the metabolic pathway and molecular biology …

1.3 Types of arene dioxygenase biocatalysts 1.4 Types of dioxygenase-catalysed oxidations
1.5 Syntheses using arene cis-dihydrodiols 1.6 Industrial applications and potential 2 …

The metabolism of organic molecules by living organisms is of fundamental interest to
biologists, microbiologists, and biochemists. The primary avenue of metabolism in most …

This account is a tribute to Professor David Gibson in recognition of his discovery of
enzymatic dihydroxylation of aromatic compounds four decades ago. Here are highlighted …

Both enantiomers of the pyrrolizidine alkaloid trihydroxyheliotridane 1 have been prepared
in an efficient and stereocontrolled fashion in 10 steps. Key steps involvethe microbial …