MANUFACTURE OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE MATERIALS - AN AGROCHEMICALS PERSPECTIVE

Authors
CROSBY J
Citation
J. Crosby, MANUFACTURE OF OPTICALLY-ACTIVE MATERIALS - AN AGROCHEMICALS PERSPECTIVE, Pesticide science, 46(1), 1996, pp. 11-31
Citations number
68
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture
Journal title
Pesticide science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0031613X
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
11 - 31
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-613X(1996)46:1<11:MOOM-A>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Against a background of the growing importance of single enantiomer ag rochemicals, practical technologies for their production are reviewed. Methods range from extraction of natural products through to asymmetr ic synthesis and encompass physical, chemical and biological technique s.