Enantioselective synthesis of β-amino acids

Partial table of contents: The Medicinal Chemistry of beta--Amino Acids: Paclitaxel as an Illustrative Example (T. Boge & G. Georg). Biological Activity of beta--Amino Acids and beta--Lactams (J. Tamariz). Selective Transformations of N,N--Dibenzyl Protected Asparagine and Aspartic Acid Derivatives (P. Gmeiner). Synthesis of Nonracemic beta--Amino Acids via Chiral Sulfinimines (F. Davis & R. Reddy). Enantioselective Synthesis of beta--Amino Acids via 6--Substituted Perhydropyrimidin--4--Ones (G. Cardillo & C. Tomasini). Efficient Stereoselective Preparation of the Taxol Phenylisoserine Side Chain (A. Koskinen & E. Karvinen). Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of the Side Chain of Taxol (C. Sih). Index.