Chiral Building Blocks in Asymmetric Synthesis

Nature's Chiral Pool versus Enantiomerically Pure Low-Molecular Weight Building Blocks of Synthetic and Biotechnological Origin: Current Status and Selected Applications Enantioselective Synthesis of Cyclopropenes Chiral Heterocycles for Asymmetric Synthesis Saturated Heterocycles as Chiral Auxiliaries trans-1,2-Diaminocyclohexane and its Derivatives in Asymmetric Synthesis Diketopiperazines as Chiral Building Blocks Amino Acids as Chiral Building Blocks Sugars as Chiral Building Blocks in Asymmetric Synthesis Monoterpenes as Chiral Building Blocks Diterpene Acids as Starting Materials for the Synthesis of Biologically Active Compounds Alkaloids as Chiral Building Blocks, Auxiliaries and Ligands Chiral Building Blocks for Total Steroid Synthesis and the Use of Steroids as Chiral Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis Chiral Organophosphorus Compounds in Asymmetric Synthesis Organosulfur Compounds as Chiral Building Blocks Organoselenium Compounds as Chiral Building Blocks Allenes as Chiral Building Blocks in Asymmetric Synthesis The Synthesis and Application of BINOL Derivatives as Effective Building Blocks for Catalysts Employed in Enantioselective Synthesis Chiral Acenes - Synthesis and Applications 2-Aza-21-Carbaporphyrin in Construction of Chiral Supramolecular Assemblies Catenane, Rotaxane and Molecular Knot Chiral Building Blocks

Elzbieta Wojaczynska received her M.Sc. Eng. degree in organic chemistry from the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in 1997. Her doctoral thesis on the enantioselective synthesis and application of chiral sulfoxides was completed under the supervision of Prof. Jacek Skarzewski in 2001. Her research at the Wroclaw University of Science and Technology concentrates on the synthesis of new chiral building blocks and novel chiral ligands and catalysts for asymmetric synthesis and biomedical applications. Jacek Wojaczynski graduated in chemistry from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Wroclaw in 1993. Five years later, he defended his Ph.D. thesis on metalloporphyrin modifications at the Faculty of Chemistry of the same university (supervisor: Prof. L. Latos-Grazynski). He is a member of the Metalloporphyrin Chemistry Group at this faculty, and his research field includes oligoporphyrins, heme proteins, and degradation of oligopyrrolic macrocycles.