Amplification of Chirality presents critical reviews of the present position and future trends in modern chemical research. The book contains short and concise reports on chemistry. Each is written by the world renowned experts. Still valid and useful after 5 or 10 years, more information as well as the electronic version of the whole content available at: springerlink.com.

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K. Soai, T. Kawasaki: Asymmetric Autocatalysis with Amplification of Chirality.- J.M. Brown, I. Gridnev, J. Klankermayer: Asymmetric Autocatalysis with Organozinc Complexes; Elucidation of the Reaction Pathway.- D. Lavabre, J.-C. Micheau, J. R. Islas, T. Buhse: Kinetic Insight into Specific Features of the Autocatalytic Soai Reaction.- Y. Saito, H. Hyuga: Rate Equation Approaches to Amplification of Enantiomeric Excess and Chiral Symmetry Breaking.- M. Fujiki: Helix Generation, Amplification, Switching, and Memory of Chromophoric Polymers