chapter 1 Introduction -- chapter 2 Amino Acids -- chapter 3 Microbial Pathway Engineering for Amino Acid Manufacture -- chapter 4 Carbohydrates in Synthesis -- chapter 5 Terpenes: The Expansion of the Chiral Pool -- chapter 6 Resolutions at Large Scale: Case Studies -- chapter 7 New Developments in Crystallization-Induced Resolution -- chapter 8 The Role of cis-1-Amino-2-Indanol in Resolution Processes -- chapter 9 Asymmetric Oxidations -- chapter 10 Asymmetric Epoxidation of Olefins by Chiral Ketones -- chapter 11 Ozonolysis in the Production of Chiral Fine Chemicals -- chapter 12 Transition Metal Catalyzed Hydrogenations, Isomerizations, and Other Reactions -- chapter 13 Modular, Chiral P-Heterocycles in Asymmetric Catalysis -- chapter 14 Asymmetric Olefin Hydrogenation Using Monodentate BINOL- and Bisphenol-Based Ligands: Phosphonites, Phosphites, and Phosphoramidites -- chapter 15 Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation Reactions with Ferrocene-Based Diphosphine Ligands -- chapter 16 Asymmetric Reduction of Prochiral Ketones Catalyzed by Oxazaborolidines -- chapter 17 -1-Amino-2-Indanol- Derived Ligands in Asymmetric Catalysis -- chapter 18 Enantioselective Hydrogenation of Activated Ketones Using Heterogeneous Pt Catalysts Modified with Cinchona Alkaloids -- chapter 19 Biotransformations: and#8220;Green” Processes for the Synthesis of Chiral Fine Chemicals -- chapter 20 Combining Enzyme Discovery and Evolution to Develop Biocatalysts -- chapter 21 One-Pot Synthesis and the Integration of Chemical and Biocatalytic Conversions -- chapter 22 Substitution Reactions -- chapter 23 Industrial Applications of Chiral Auxiliaries -- chapter 24 The Role and Importance of cis-1-Amino-2-Indanol in Biological Systems and Asymmetric Processes -- chapter 25 Enantiopure Amines by Chirality Transfer Using (R)-Phenylglycine Amide / chapter 26 Pericyclic Reactions -- chapter 27 Asymmetric Free-Radical Reductions Mediated by Chiral Stannanes, Germanes, and Silanes -- chapter 28 Metathesis Reactions -- chapter 29 Synthesis of Homochiral Compounds: A Small Company’s Role -- chapter 30 Commercial Synthesis of the Antiglaucoma Prostanoid Travoprost -- chapter 31 Synthesis of Large Volume Products.