Hydrogen Bonding in Organic Synthesis

This first comprehensive overview of the rapidly growing field emphasizes the use of hydrogen bonding as a tool for organic synthesis, especially catalysis. As such, it covers such topics as enzyme chemistry, organocatalysis and total synthesis, all unified by the unique advantages of hydrogen bonding in the construction of complex molecules from simple precursors. Providing everything you need to know, this is a definite must for every synthetic chemist in academia and industry.

After a postdoctoral stay with K. C. Nicolaou, Petri Pihko joined the faculty of Helsinki University of Technology, where his group was awarded the "Outstanding Junior Research Group" award of the University in 2004. His current research interests include organocatalysis, catalyst design, and total synthesis.