Written by some of the most talented young chemists in Europe, this text covers most of the groundbreaking issues in chemistry. It provides an account of the latest research results in European chemistry based on a selection of leading young scientists participating in the 2008 European Young Chemists Award competition. The contributions range from self-organization to new catalytic synthetic methodologies to organocatalysis. In addition, the authors provide a current overview of their field of research and a preview of future directions. For organic, catalytic, natural products and biochemists.

INNOVATIVE PROCESSES IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY N-Hydrocyderivatives: Key Organocatalysts for the Selective Free-Radical Aerobic Oxidation of Organic Compounds Gold-Catalyzed Intra- and Intermolecular Cycloadditions of Push-Pull Dienynes N-Heterocyclic Carbenes in Copper-Catalyzed Reactions Supported Organocatalysts as a Powerful Tool in Asymmetric Synthesis The Complex-Induced Proximity Effect in Organolithium Chemistry and its Importance for the Lithiation of Tertiary Amines PREDICTIVE TOOLS IN ORGANIC CHEMICAL REACTIONS Double Hydrogen Bonding in Asymmetric Organocatalysis: A Mechanistic Perspective Dynamic Covalent Capture: A Sensitive Novel Tool for Detecting Molecular Interactions CHEMICAL REACTIONS, SUSTAINABLE PROCESSES AND ENVIRONMENT Furfural and Furfural-Based Industrial-Chemicals Multiple Bond-Forming Transformations: The Key Concept Towards Eco-Compatible Synthetic Organic Chemistry Modelling of Indirect Phototransformation Reactions in Surface Waters ORGANIC SYNTHESIS AND MATERIALS Bottom-Up Approaches to Nanographenes Through Organic Synthesis Differentiated Ligands for the Sequential Construction of Crystalline Heterometallic Architectures Water-Soluble Perylene Dyes