Preface.

 Abbreviations.

 Introduction.

 -Alkylation and Catalytic Alkylation of Carbonyl Compounds.

 Aldol and Related Reactions.

 Asymmetric Oxidations.

 Asymmetric Diels-Alder and Other Cyclization Reactions.

 Asymmetric Catalytic Hydrogenation and Other Reduction Reactions.

 Applications of Asymmetric Reactions in the Synthesis of Natural Products.

 Enzymatic Reactions and Miscellaneous Asymmetic Syntheses.

 Index.