Guanidines as Reagents and Catalysts I (Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry Book 50)

The series Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry presents critical reviews on present and future trends in the research of heterocyclic compounds. Overall the scope is to cover topics dealing with all areas within heterocyclic chemistry, both experimental and theoretical, of interest to the general heterocyclic chemistry community. The series consists of topic related volumes edited by renowned editors with contributions of experts in the field. All chapters from Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry are published Online First with an individual DOI. In references, Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry is abbreviated as Top Heterocycl Chem and cited as a journal Front Matter....Pages i-vii Synthesis of Guanidines and Some of Their Biological Applications....Pages 1-51 Bifunctional Guanidine Hydroxide and Related Organocatalysts....Pages 53-69 Bifunctional Guanidines as Hydrogen-Bond-Donating Catalysts....Pages 71-94 Chiral Guanidines in Michael Reactions....Pages 95-128 Chiral Bicyclic Guanidine, Bis-Guanidinium, Pentanidium and Related Organocatalysts....Pages 129-155 Conformationally Flexible Guanidine–(Thio)Urea Bifunctional Organocatalysts....Pages 157-178 Back Matter....Pages 179-181