Organic Stereochemistry: Guiding Principles and Bio‐Medicinal Relevance

Foreword: D. Seebach Preface: The Editors Part 1: Symmetry Elements and Operations, Classification of Stereoisomers (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, and A. Pedretti) Part 2: Stereoisomerism Resulting from One or Several Stereogenic Centers (B. Testa) Part 3: Other Stereogenic Elements: Axes of Chirality, Planes of Chirality, Helicity, and (E,Z)-Diastereoisomerism (B. Testa) Part 4: Isomerisms about Single Bonds and in Cyclic Systems (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, and A. Pedretti) Part 5: Stereoselectivity in Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology (B. Testa, G. Vistoli, A. Pedretti, and J. Caldwell) Part 6: The Conformation Factor in Molecular Pharmacology (G. Vistoli, B. Testa, and A. Pedretti) Part 7: The Concept of Substrate Stereoselectivity in Biochemistry and Xenobiotic Metabolism (B. Testa) Part 8: Prostereoisomerism and the Concept of Product Stereoselectivity in Biochemistry and Xenobiotic Metabolism (B. Testa) Part 9: Molecular Chirality in Chemistry and Biology: Historical Milestones (J. Gal) Glossary Index