This timely book presents comprehensively the most important and latest developments in asymmetric organocatalysis. Focussing on new directions, reactions, and catalysts, it is an indispensable source for everyone working in this highly vivid research field.

PART I. NEW CATALYSTS AND ACTIVATION STRATEGIES IN ASYMMETRIC ORGANOCATALYSISNew Developments in Enantioselective Brønsted Acid Catalysis with Strong Hydrogen-Bond DonorsOrganosuperbases - Moving beyond Classical Brønsted Base CatalysisAsymmetric Phase-Transfer Catalysis - From Classical Applications to New ConceptsAsymmetric Ion-Pairing & H-Bonding CatalysisIsothiourea Catalysis - New Opportunities for Asymmetric SynthesisHalogen-Bonding Organocatalysis - New Opportunities for Asymmetric SynthesisMerging Organocatalysis with Light - New Opportunities for Asymmetric SynthesisAsymmetric Electrochemical Organocatalysis - New Opportunities for SynthesisSynergistic Organo-OrganocatalysisMerging Organocatalysis with Metals - New Opportunities for Asymmetric SynthesisImmobilized Organocatalysts for Enantioselective Continuous Flow ProcessesMechanochemistry and High-Pressure Techniques in Asymmetric OrganocatalysisOrganocatalytic Reactions under Non-Traditional ConditionsPART II. NEW ORGANOCATALYTIC SYNTHETIC METHODOLOGIESMerging Organocatalysis with Vinylogy - New Opportunities for Asymmetric SynthesisUmpolung Organocatalytic Strategies - Beyond Classical Reactivity PatternsDearomative Organocatalytic StrategiesFrom Organocatalytic Cycloadditions to Asymmetric Higher-Order CycloadditionsAsymmetric Organocatalysis - From a Process Development PerspectivePART III. MECHANISMS OF ORGANOCATALYTIC REACTIONSComputational Studies - A Useful Tool in Elucidation of Mechanisms of Organocatalytic ReactionsA Tutorial on Kinetic-Assisted Mechanistic Analysis in Asymmetric AminocatalysisMayr Linear Free Energy Relationship: A Powerful Tool for Understanding Aminocatalyzed Reactions