title: Carbohydrates as synthetic tools in organic chemistry.
abstract: While amino acids, terpenes and alkaloids have found broad application as tools in stereoselective organic synthesis, carbohydrates have only lately been recognised as versatile starting materials for chiral auxiliaries, reagents, ligands and organocatalysts. The structural diversity of carbohydrates and the high density of functional groups offer a wide variety of opportunities for derivatization and tailoring of synthetic tools to a specific problem.
authors: Institute of Organic Chemistry, Gottfried-Wilhelm-Leibniz University Hannover, Schneiderberg 1B, 30167 Hannover, Germany. mike.boysen@oci.uni-hannover.de
authors: Mike M K
authors: MM
authors: Boysen
mesh_terms: D002236:Carbohydrate Conformation; D002241:Carbohydrates / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D008024:Ligands; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D002241:Carbohydrates; D008024:Ligands; D009930:Organic Chemicals