An extensive treatment of the most important class of organic ligands for asymmetric catalysis, written by the who-is-who of top researchers in this field.
Clearly divided into substance classes, this outstanding trio of books explain both general and specific methods of the synthesis of trivalent phosphorous compounds with relevance to asymmetric transformations.
It provides readers with a fast introduction to the multitude of applications, backed by examples of optimal solutions. An appendix provides a short collection of the most typical phosphorous compounds discovered so far.
Due to the phosphorus´ overwhelming importance in asymmetric synthesis this set of books is a definite must-have for all chemists working in synthetic organic and organometallic chemistry, ranging from natural product synthesis to the production of pharmaceuticals.