Topics in Stereochemistry, Volume 25

Topics in Stereochemistry, previously edited by "the father of stereochemistry" Ernest L. Eliel, is a longstanding, successful series covering the most important advances in the field. The much-anticipated Volume 25 includes chapters on the following topics: * Stereochemistry of Molecules in Inclusion Crystals * Torsional Motion of Stilbene-type Molecules in Crystals * Supramolecular Networks of Porphyrins * Homo- and Heterochirality in Crystals * Supramolecular Synthesis of 1D Chains and 2D Layers in Hydrogen Bond Networks of Ureas and 2-D Pyrimidinones * Chiral Auxiliaries Powerful for Both Enantioresolution and Determination of Absolutely Stereochemistry by X-Ray Crystallograph * Engineering Stereospecific Reactoins in Crystals: Synthesis of Compounds with Adjacent Stereogenic Quaternary Centers by Photodecarbonylation of Crystalline Ketones * The CH/ Hydrogen Bond: An Important Molecular Force in Controlling the Crystal Conformation of Organic Compounds and Three-Dimensional Structure of Biopolymers * Stereoselective Thermal Solid-State Reactions * Crystal Structures and Functionalities of Platinum (II) Complexes Controlled by Various Intermolecular Interactions

1 STEREOCHEMISTRY OF MOLECULES IN INCLUSION CRYSTALS 1 By Fumio Toda 2 TORSIONAL MOTION OF STILBENE-TYPE MOLECULES IN CRYSTALS 31 By Jun Harada and Keiichiro Ogawa 3 SUPRAMOLECULAR NETWORKS OF PORPHYRINS 49 By Israel Goldberg 4 HOMO- AND HETEROCHIRALITY IN CRYSTALS 81 By Pavel A. Levkin, Vladimir Yu. Torbeev, Denis A. Lenev and Remir G. Kostyanovsky 5 SUPRAMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS OF 1D CHAINS AND 2D LAYERS IN HYDROGEN BOND NETWORKS OF UREAS AND 2-PYRIMIDINONES 135 By Ashwini Nangia 6 CHIRAL AUXILIARIES POWERFUL FOR BOTH ENANTIOMER RESOLUTION AND DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE CONFIGURATION BY X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 177 By Nobuyuki Harada 7 ENGINEERING STEREOSPECIFIC REACTIONS IN CRYSTALS: SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUNDS WITH ADJACENT STEREOGENIC QUATERNARY CENTERS BY PHOTODECARBONYLATION OF CRYSTALLINE KETONES 205 By Christopher J. Mortko and Miguel A. Garcia-Garibay 8 THE CH/HYDROGEN BOND: AN IMPORTANT MOLECULAR FORCE IN CONTROLLING THE CRYSTAL CONFORMATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF BIOPOLYMERS 255 By Motohiro Nishio 9 STEREOSELECTIVE THERMAL SOLID-STATE REACTIONS 303 By Gerd Kaupp 10 CRYSTAL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONALITIES OF PLATINUM(II) COMPLEXES CONTROLLED BY VARIOUS INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS 351 By Masaka Kato SUBJECT INDEX 375 CUMULATIVE AUTHOR INDEX, VOLUMES 1–25 391 CUMULATIVE TITLE INDEX, VOLUMES 1–25 397