1. Foreword

   • K. Burger

   EditorialNotes Pages: 257 - 257

2. Asymmetric catalysis of the Strecker amino acid synthesis by a cyclic dipeptide

   • M. S. Iyer
   • K. M. Gigstad
   • M. Lipton

   Review Article Pages: 259 - 268

3. Synthesis of non-proteinogenic (D)- or (L)-amino acids by asymmetric hydrogenation

   • H. J. Kreuzfeld
   • Chr Döbler
   • H. W. Krause

   Review Article Pages: 269 - 282

4. Synthesis ofγ,δ-unsaturated amino acids via ester enolate Claisen rearrangement of chelated allylic esters

   • U. Kazmaier

   Review Article Pages: 283 - 299

5. Stereoconservative and stereoselective syntheses of rare and non-naturalα-amino acids from (S)-aspartic acid and (S)-malic acid

   • R. Pires
   • S. Fehn
   • K. Burger

   Review Article Pages: 301 - 312

6. β,γ-Alkynylα-amino acids: a synthetic challenge

   • P. Meffre
   • F. Le Goffic

   Review Article Pages: 313 - 328

7. Synthesis of medicinally useful lipidicα-amino acids, 2-amino alcohols and diamines

   • G. Kokotos
   • V. Martin
   • W. A. Gibbons

   Review Article Pages: 329 - 343

8. Non-natural phenolic amino acids Synthesis and application in peptide chemistry

   • A. Hutinec
   • A. Ziogas
   • A. Rieker

   Review Article Pages: 345 - 366

9. Utilization of some non coded amino acids as isosters of peptide building blocks

   • J. Hlaváček
   • R. Marcová
   • J. Slaninová

   Review Article Pages: 367 - 377

10. Reverse action of hydrolases in frozen aqueous solutions

    • M. Hänsler
    • H. -D. Jakubke

    Review Article Pages: 379 - 395

11. Stereoselective synthesis ofβ-amino acids via conjugate addition of nitrogen nucleophiles toα,β-unsaturated esters — Recent advances

    • N. Sewald

    Review Article Pages: 397 - 408

12. Syntheses ofγ-fluoro-α-amino acids

    • G. Haufe
    • S. Kröger

    Review Article Pages: 409 - 424

13. Peptide modification by incorporation ofα-trifluoromethyl substituted amino acids

    • B. Koksch
    • N. Sewald
    • H. -D. Jakubke

    Review Article Pages: 425 - 434