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Applications of Transition Metal Catalysis in Drug Discovery and Development Applications of Transition Metal Catalysis in Drug Discovery and Development. Edited by Matthew L. Crawley, Barry M. Trost. Wiley: New York. 2012. 356 + xviii pp. £66.95, ISBN 978-0-470-63132-4.
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he chapters in this multiauthor work are written by chemists from industry, mostly process chemists, and therefore, most of the book is written from a process chemistry viewpoint. After an opening introductory chapter on “Transition Metal Catalysis in the Pharmaceutical Industry”, the subjects covered are C−C Cross-Coupling, C−Heteroatom Cross-Coupling, Asymmetric Cross-Coupling, Metathesis, Synthesis of 5- and 6Membered Heterocycles, Oxidative Catalysis, and finally, Industrial Asymmetric Hydrogenation. All chapters are well-written and comprehensive with many examples from Org. Process Res. Dev. The book is highly recommended to all process chemists.
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Trevor Laird, Editor AUTHOR INFORMATION
Notes
The authors declare no competing financial interest.
Published: October 18, 2012 © 2012 American Chemical Society
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dx.doi.org/10.1021/op300277x | Org. Process Res. Dev. 2012, 16, 1874−1874
