This book provides an excellent overview on state-of-the-art of modern organocatalysis. It presents the contributions from leading experts, with backgrounds in academia and industry, to an Ernst Schering Research Foundation Symposium held in April 2007. It will be of interest to those who want a general overview of the topic, but also to those who want to learn more about the state-of-the-art, current trends and perspectives in this highly dynamic field of research.

Chiral Organocatalysts for Enantioselective Photochemical Reactions.- Organocatalytic Syntheses of Bioactive Natural Products.- Recoverable, Soluble Polymer-Supported Organic Catalysts.- Controlling the Selectivity and Stability of Proteins by New Strategies in Directed Evolution: The Case of Organocatalytic Enzymes.- Biomimetic Organocatalytic C¿C-Bond Formations.- N-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Organocatalysts Displaying Diverse Modes of Action.- Organocatalysis by Hydrogen Bonding Networks.- Nucleophilic Carbenes as Organocatalysts.- Asymmetric Organocatalysis on a Technical Scale: Current Status and Future Challenges.- New Concepts for Organocatalysis.- New Developments in Enantioselective Brønsted Acid Catalysis: Chiral Ion Pair Catalysis and Beyond.