Molecular catalysts : structure and functional design

Content: Foreword    Introduction        MECHANISMS OF ELEMENTARY REACTIONS IN CATALYTIC PROCESSES    Quantum Dynamics of Molecular Elementary Processes in Catalytic Transformations     Activation of Small Molecules with Metal and Metal Oxide Clusters in Inert Gas Matrices    Towards Single-Molecule Catalysis    Intermediates and Elementary Reactions in Gold Catalysis    Diastereoselectivity in Alkene Metathesis        NEW CATALYSTS -    NEW AND OLD REACTIONS    Oxidation Catalysis with High-Valent Nonheme Iron Complexes    Single-Site Organochromium Catalysts for High Molecular Weight Polyolefins    Ligand Design and Mechanistic Studies for Ni-Catalyzed Hydrocyanation and 2-Methyl-3-Butenenitrile Isomerization Based upon Rh-Hydroformylation Research    Strongly Electron Donating Tridentate N-Heterocyclic Biscarbene Ligands for Rhodium and Iridium Catalysis    NHCP Ligands for Catalysis        CATALYSTS IN SYNTHESIS    Ir-Catalyzed Asymmetric Allylic Substitution Reactions -    Fundamentals and Applications in Natural Products Synthesis    Sequential Catalysis Involving Metal Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations and Cyclizations    C-N-Coupling Reactions in Catalytic One-Pot Syntheses using Molecular Group 4 Catalysts    Sequential Catalysis for the Stereoselective Synthesis of Complex Polyketides    Modular Assembly of Chiral Catalysts with Polydentate Stereodirecting Ligands        STRUCTURES AND MECHANISMS IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS    Beating and Employing X-Ray-Induced Radiation Damage in Structural Studies of Hemoproteins    The Catalytic Strategy of P-O Bond Cleaving Enzymes: Comparing EcoRV and Myosin    Selective Hybrid Catalysts Based on Nucleic Acids        STUDIES OF IMMOBILIZED CATALYSTS    Dendrimers as Platforms for Stereoselective Catalysis    Solid Phases as Protective Environments for Biomimetic Catalysts    High-Throughput Screening of Catalysts and Reactions        Index