Front Matter -- Synthetic Methods. Electrospray and Cryospray Mass Spectrometry: From Serendipity to Designed Synthesis of Supramolecular Coordination and Polyoxometalate Clusters / Haralampos N Miras, Leroy Cronin -- Efficient Synthesis of Natural Products Aided by Automated Synthesizers and Microreactors / Shinichiro Fuse, Kazuhiro Machida, Takashi Takahashi -- Chemoselective Reduction of Amides and Imides / Shoubhik Das -- Ionic Ozonides ₆ From Simple Inorganic Salts to Supramolecular Building Blocks / Hanne Nuss, Martin Jansen -- Chemistry and Biological Properties of Amidinoureas: Strategies for the Synthesis of Original Bioactive Hit Compounds / Daniele Castagnolo -- Catalysis. DNA Catalysts for Synthetic Applications in Biomolecular Chemistry / Claudia H̲bartner, P I Pradeepkumar -- Iron-Catalyzed Csp ₆ H Oxidation with HO: Converting a Radical Reaction into a Selective and Efficient Synthetic Tool / Laura G̤mez -- Hydrogen Bonds as an Alternative Activation / Eugenia Marqǔs-L̤pez, Raquel P Herrera -- Electrosynthesized Structured Catalysts for H Production / Patricia Benito, Francesco Basile, Giuseppe Fornasari, Marco Monti, Erika Scavetta, Domenica Tonelli, Angelo Vaccari -- Microkinetic Analysis of Complex Chemical Processes at Surfaces / Matteo Maestri -- Synthetic Potential behind Gold-Catalyzed Redox Processes / Cristina Nevado, Teresa de Haro -- Transition-Metal Complexes in Supported Liquid Phase and Supercritical Fluids ₆ A Beneficial Combination for Selective Continuous-Flow Catalysis with Integrated Product Separation / Ulrich Hintermair, Tamilselvi Chinnusamy, Walter Leitner -- Combinatorial and Chemical Biology. Inhibiting Pathogenic Protein Aggregation: Combinatorial Chemistry in Combating Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency / Yi-Pin Chang -- Synthesis and Application of Macrocycles Using Dynamic Combinatorial Chemistry / Vittorio Saggiomo -- Toward Tomorrow's Drugs: The Synthesis of Compound Libraries by Solid-Phase Chemistry / Dagmar C Kapeller, Stefan Br̃se -- Index.

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Providing a comprehensive overview of the essential topics, this book covers the core areas of organic, inorganic, organometallic, biochemical synthesis and catalysis. The authors are among the rising stars in European chemistry, a selection of participants in the 2010 European Young Chemists Award competition, and their contributions deal with most of the frontier issues in chemical synthesis. They give an account of the latest research results in chemistry in Europe, as well as the state of the art in their field of research and the outlook for the future.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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