Includes bibliographical references and index.

Simple molecules, highly efficient amination / Shunsuke Chiba and Koichi Narasaka -- Catalytic C-H amination with nitrenes / Philippe Dauban and Robert H. Dodd -- Nitroalkenes as amination tools / Robert Ballini, Enrico Marcantoni, and Marino Petrini -- Isocyanide-based multicomponent reactions (IMCRs) as a valuable tool with which to synthesize nitrogen-containing compounds / Alexander Doemling -- Direct catalytic asymmetric Mannich reactions and surroundings / Armando Córdova and Ramon Rios -- Amino-based building blocks for the construction of biomolecules / André Mann -- Aminated sugars, synthesis, and biological activity / Francesco Nicotra, Barbara La Ferla, and Cristina Airoldi -- Selective N-derivatization of aminoglycosides en route to new antibiotics and antivirals / Floris Louis van Delft -- Evolution of transition metal-catalyzed amination reactions : the industrial approach / Ulrich Scholz.