Part I. Chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis. Introductory chapter / David A. Evans, Gunter Helmchen and Magnus Ruping ; Asymmetric epoxidation of pentadienols / Reinhard Bruckner ; Asymmetric synthesis using sulfur-nitrogen reagents / Franklin A. Davis ; Asymmetric syntheses with SAMP-/RAMP-hydrazones / Dieter Enders and Wolfgang Bettray ; Asymmetric allylation reactions / Reinhard W. Hoffmann ; Carbohydrates as chiral auxiliaries / Horst Kunz ; The use of chiral oxazolines in early C-C bond forming reactions / Albert I. Meyers ; Asymmetric synthesis of amines and amino acids from amines / Shun-Ichi Murahashi and Yasushi Imada -- Part II. Metal-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis. Introductory chapter / Masakatsu Shibasaki and Shigeki Matsunaga ; Catalytic asymmetric sulfur ylide mediated epoxidation of carbonyl compounds / Varinder Aggarwal ; Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger reactions / Carsten Bolm ; Planar chiral ligands based on ]2.2[Paracyclophanes / Stefan Brase ; Asymmetric syntheses of 3-)trans-2-Nitrocyclopropyl(alanine and 3-)trans-2-Aminocyclopropyl(alanine / Armin de Meijere and Oleg V. Larionov ; Copper-Bis)oxazoline( catalyzed synthesis of b-Lactams - enantioselective reaction of alkynes with nitrones / David A. Evans, Florian Kleinbeck and Magnus Ruping ; Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition reactions of organometallic reagents / Fernando Lopez and Ben L. Feringa ; Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of allylic alcohols via dynamic kinetic resolution / Hans-Joachim Gais ; Asymmetric cross-coupling reactions / Tamio Hayashi ; Asymmetric allylic substitutions / Gunter Helmchen ; Asymmetric homoaldol reactions / Dieter Hoppe ; Asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol reaction / Markus Kalesse and Jorma Hassfeld ; Chiral Lewis acid catalysis in aqueous media / Shu Kobayashi and Chikako Ogawa ; Asymmetric epoxidation of non-activated olefins / Kazuhiro Matsumoto and Tsutomu Katsuki ; Chiral carbonyl Lewis acid complexes in asymmetric syntheses / Keiji Maruoka and Takashi Ooi ; ZACA reaction: Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes / Ei-ichi Negishi, Bo Liang, Tibor Novak and Ze Tan ; Bisoxazolines - a privileged ligand class for asymmetric catalysis / Andreas Pfaltz ; Enantioselective cycloaddition reactions catalyzed by hydrogen bonding / Viresh H. Rawal and Avinash N. Thadani ; Direct catalytic asymmetric Aldol-Tishchenko reaction / Masakatsu Shibasaki and Takashi Ohshima ; Asymmetric Heck and other palladium-catalyzed reactions / Lutz F. Tietze and Florian Lotz ; Asymmetric catalysis with chiral acid / Hisashi Yamamoto --Part I. Chiral auxiliaries in asymmetric synthesis. Introductory chapter / David A. Evans, Gunter Helmchen and Magnus Ruping ; Asymmetric epoxidation of pentadienols / Reinhard Bruckner ; Asymmetric synthesis using sulfur-nitrogen reagents / Franklin A. Davis ; Asymmetric syntheses with SAMP-/RAMP-hydrazones / Dieter Enders and Wolfgang Bettray ; Asymmetric allylation reactions / Reinhard W. Hoffmann ; Carbohydrates as chiral auxiliaries / Horst Kunz ; The use of chiral oxazolines in early C-C bond forming reactions / Albert I. Meyers ; Asymmetric synthesis of amines and amino acids from amines / Shun-Ichi Murahashi and Yasushi Imada -- Part II. Metal-catalyzed asymmetric synthesis. Introductory chapter / Masakatsu Shibasaki and Shigeki Matsunaga ; Catalytic asymmetric sulfur ylide mediated epoxidation of carbonyl compounds / Varinder Aggarwal ; Asymmetric Baeyer-Villiger reactions / Carsten Bolm ; Planar chiral ligands based on ]2.2[Paracyclophanes / Stefan Brase ; Asymmetric syntheses of 3-)trans-2-Nitrocyclopropyl(alanine and 3-)trans-2-Aminocyclopropyl(alanine / Armin de Meijere and Oleg V. Larionov ; Copper-Bis)oxazoline( catalyzed synthesis of b-Lactams - enantioselective reaction of alkynes with nitrones / David A. Evans, Florian Kleinbeck and Magnus Ruping ; Catalytic asymmetric conjugate addition reactions of organometallic reagents / Fernando Lopez and Ben L. Feringa ; Catalytic asymmetric synthesis of allylic alcohols via dynamic kinetic resolution / Hans-Joachim Gais ; Asymmetric cross-coupling reactions / Tamio Hayashi ; Asymmetric allylic substitutions / Gunter Helmchen ; Asymmetric homoaldol reactions / Dieter Hoppe ; Asymmetric vinylogous Mukaiyama Aldol reaction / Markus Kalesse and Jorma Hassfeld ; Chiral Lewis acid catalysis in aqueous media / Shu Kobayashi and Chikako Ogawa ; Asymmetric epoxidation of non-activated olefins / Kazuhiro Matsumoto and Tsutomu Katsuki ; Chiral carbonyl Lewis acid complexes in asymmetric syntheses / Keiji Maruoka and Takashi Ooi ; ZACA reaction: Zr-catalyzed asymmetric carboalumination of alkenes / Ei-ichi Negishi, Bo Liang, Tibor Novak and Ze Tan ; Bisoxazolines - a privileged ligand class for asymmetric catalysis / Andreas Pfaltz ; Enantioselective cycloaddition reactions catalyzed by hydrogen bonding / Viresh H. Rawal and Avinash N. Thadani ; Direct catalytic asymmetric Aldol-Tishchenko reaction / Masakatsu Shibasaki and Takashi Ohshima ; Asymmetric Heck and other palladium-catalyzed reactions / Lutz F. Tietze and Florian Lotz ; Asymmetric catalysis with chiral acid / Hisashi Yamamoto --