Chapter 1 Stereoselective Synthesis Using Hydantoinases and Carbamoylases --; chapter 2 Aminoamidase-Catalyzed Preparation and Further Transformations of Enantiopure Alpha-Hydrogen- and Alpha,Alpha-Disubstituted Alpha-Amino Acids --; chapter 3 Chemoenzymatic Synthesis of Pheromones, Terpenes, and Other Bioregulators / Kenji Mori --; chapter 4 Stereoselective Biocatalysis for Synthesis of Some Chiral Pharmaceutical Intermediates / Ramesh N. Patel --; chapter 5 Stereoselective Hydroxylation Reactions / Herbert L. Holland --; chapter 6 Regio- and Stereoselective Microbial Hydroxylation of Terpenoid Compounds / Robert Azerad --; chapter 7 Microbial Epoxidation --; chapter 8 Stereoselective Syntheses Using Microbial Epoxide Hydrolases / Wolfgang Kroutil --; chapter 9 Enzymatic Asymmetric Synthesis Using Aldolases / Wolf-Dieter Fessner --; chapter 10 Decarboxylases in Stereoselective Catalysis / Owen P. Ward --; chapter 11 Biocatalysis in the Enantioselective Formation of Chiral Cyanohydrins, Valuable Building Blocks in Organic Synthesis / Johannes Brussee --; chapter 12 Hydroxynitrile Lyases in Stereoselective Synthesis / Franz Effenberger --; chapter 13 Production of Chiral ?-Hydroxy Acids and Its Application in Organic Syntheses / Junzo Hasegawa --; chapter 14 Stereoselective Synthesis of Chiral Compounds Using Whole-Cell Biocatalysts / Paola D'Arrigo, Giuseppe Pedrocchi-Fantoni, and Stefano Servi --; chapter 15 Choice of Biocatalyst in the Development of Industrial Biotransformations / Stephen J. C. Taylor --; chapter 16 Chiral Synthons by Enzymatic Acylation and Esterification Reactions / Enzo Santaniello --; chapter 17 Stereoselective Nitrile-Converting Enzymes / Marco Wieser --; chapter 18 Enzyme-Mediated Decarboxylation Reactions in Organic Synthesis / Hiromichi Ohta --; chapter 19 Yeast-Mediated Stereoselective Biocatalysis / Rene ́Csuk --; chapter 20 Biocatalytic Synthesis of Steroids / Miguel Ferrero --; chapter 21 Biocatalytic Synthesis of Enantiopure Compounds Using Lipases / Per Berglund --; chapter 22 Chemoenzymatic Preparation of Enantiomerically Pure S(+)-2-Arylpropionic Acids with Anti-inflammatory Activity / Andreś-Rafael Alcańtara --; chapter 23 Biocatalytic Production of Pravastatin, an Anticholesterol Drug / Nobufusa Serizawa --; chapter 24 Application of PEG-Modified Enzymes in Biotechnological Processes / Yoh Kodera --; chapter 25 New Avenues to High-Performance Immobilized Biosystems --; chapter 26 Enzymatic Protecting Group Techniques in Organic Synthesis / Tanmaya Pathak --; chapter 27 Enzymatic Reactions in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide / Thorsten Hartmann --; chapter 28 Dehydrogenases in the Synthesis of Chiral Compounds / M.-R. Kula and U. Kragl --; chapter 29 Stereoselective Microbial Baeyer-Villiger Oxidations / Amit Banerjee --; chapter 30 Stereoselective Synthesis Using Hydantoinases and Carbamoylases / Jun Ogawa.