Acknowledgements

Each chapter has been reviewed meticulously by 2–3 subject experts, to maintain the quality of the book. They are acknowledged for giving their valuable time considering their hectic schedules.

• Prof. Gary Molander, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA

• Dr Izzat Raheem, Merck Research Laboratories, PA, USA

• Prof. John Hartwig, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

• Dr Joseph Martinelli, Eli Lilly and Company, IN, USA

• Prof. Bruce Lipshutz, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

• Prof. Brian Frost, University of Nevada, NV, USA

• Dr Jason Mulder, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., CT, USA

• Prof. Richmond Sarpong, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

• Dr Christopher Barnard, Johnson Matthey Technology Center, Sonning, UK

• Prof. Mahesh K. Lakshman, The City College and The City University of New York, NY, USA

• Dr Jinkun Haung, Chengdu R&D Center, Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine, China

• Dr Jann Pesti, Bristol Meyers Squibb (past), Organic Process Research and Development (Associate Editor), American Chemical Society, USA

• Prof. Oliver Kappe, Karl-Franzens-University Graz Heinrichstrasse, Austria

• Prof. Narayan Hosmane, Northern Illinois University, IL, USA

• Prof. Martin Burke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA

• Prof. Kevin Shaughnessy, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, AL, USA

• Prof. Guy Lloyd-Jones, University of Edinburgh, UK

• Prof. Steve Nolan, University of St Andrews, UK

• Prof. Joseph Fox, University of Delaware, DE, USA

• Prof. T. V. Rajanbabu, The Ohio State University, OH, USA

• Prof. Mark Lautens, University of Toronto, Canada

• Prof. Pierre Dixneuff, Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Rennes, France

• Prof. Lee Silverberg, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA

• Dr Thomas Colacot, Johnson Matthey Catalysis and Chiral Technologies, NJ, USA

• Dr Christopher Welch, Merck, NJ, USA