Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients in Synthesis: Catalytic Processes in Research and Development

This timely reference presents the most effective catalytic reactions in use today, with a special focus on process intensification, sustainability, waste reduction and innovative methods. The book demonstrates the importance of efficient catalytic transformations for producing pharmaceutically active molecules, discussing every key reaction and the most efficient catalytic processes, including their major advantages compared to previous methods, with a strong emphasis throughout on asymmetric catalytic reactions. Of great interest to synthetic chemists working in the pharmaceutical industry, and for fine-chemical companies and other R&D researchers, as well as for chemists in academia.