Each chapter of Phosphorus Compounds: Advanced Tools in Catalysis and Material Sciences have been carefully selected by the editors in order to represent a state-of-the-art overview of how phosphorus chemistry can provide solutions in various fields of applications.

The editors have assembled an international array of world-renowned scientists and each chapter is written by experts in the fields of synthetic chemistry, homogeneous catalysis, dendrimers, theoretical calculations, materials science, and medicinal chemistry with a special focus on the chemistry of phosphorus compounds.

Phosphorus Compounds: Advanced Tools in Catalysis and Material Sciences is of interest to a general readership ranging from advanced university course students to experts in academia and industry.

An exploration of the latest developments in the research fields of phosphorus containing molecules intended for academics as well as industrial researchers Contributions by world leaders in the various fields of organophopshorus synthesis, catalysis and material science Uniquely presents the important role of phosphorous in catalytic and material science applications Provides an up-to-date overview of all academic research on organophosphorus compounds

Inhalt
Phosphine Acetylenic Macrocycles and Cages: Synthesis and Reactivity.- Theoretical evaluation of Phosphine Effects in Cross-Coupling Reactions.- Metal Complexes with Anionic Polyphosphorus Rings and Chains as Potential Precursors for the Synthesis of Metal Phosphides.- Phosphine-Containing Planar-chiral Ferrocenes: Synthesis, Coordination Chemistry and Applications to Asymmetric Catalysis.- Phosphinine-Based Ligands in Homogeneous Catalysis: State of the Art and Future Perspectives.- Aqueous Phase Reactions Catalysed by Transition Metal Complexes of 1,3,5-triaza-7-phosphaadamantane (PTA).- Synthesis of phosphorus compounds via metal-catalyzed addition of P-H bond to unsaturated organic molecules.- Chiral Phosphorus Ligands for Enantioselective Enynes Cycloisomerizations.- Phosphorus-containing dendrimers: uses as catalysts, for materials and in biology.- The Primary Phosphine Renaissance.- Coordination-driven supramolecular assembly of phosphole based -conjugated ligands.- Phosphorus based macrocyclic ligands: synthesis and applications.- Metal phosphorus complexes with anticancer activity.