Modern Allene Chemistry

In this two-volume handbook, the editors Norbert Krause and A. Stephen K. Hashmi present all the important aspects and facts related to this hot topic. The treatment covers the whole range from the synthesis and classification via reactions right up to possible applications in the synthesis of natural products and drugs. With their excellent contributions an international team of outstanding authors highlight the multifarious uses and classes of allenes, making this an indispensable work for every organic chemist. From the Table of Contents: SYNTHESIS OF ALLENES Synthesis of Allenes by Isomerization Reactions Metal-Mediated Synthesis of Allenes Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Allenes Enantioselective Synthesis of Allenes SPECIAL CLASSES OF ALLENES Allenic Hydrocarbons - Preparation and Use in Organic Synthesis Cyclic Allenes Acceptor-Substituted Allenes Donor-Substituted Allenes Synthesis and Reactions of Allenylmetal Reagents REACTIONS OF ALLENES Ionic Additions to Allenes Fundamentals and Application of Free Radical Addition to Allenes Cycloadditions of Allenes Cyclizations of Allenes Transitions-Metal-Catalyzed Cross Couplings of Allenes Transitions-Metal-Catalyzed Cycloisomerizations of Allenes Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Addition/Cycloadditions of Allenes Oxidation of Allenes APPLICATIONS Allenic Natural Products and Phamaceuticals Allenes in Natural Product Synthesis Enyne-Allenes

There is a vast and often bewildering array of synthetic methods and reagents available to organic chemists today. The Best Synthetic Methods series allows any scientist who is interested in the chemical transformations of molecules to choose between all the alternatives and assess their real advantages and limitations. With the emphasis on laboratory use, these volumes represent a comprehensive and practical guide to modern synthetic organic chemistry. Best Synthetic Methods: Acetylenes, Allenes and Cumulenes is the product of the author's many years practical experience and reading of the original literature. It contains a valuable distillation and critical evaluation of the Best Synthetic Methods for the formation and reaction of molecules containing carbon-carbon triple bonds or cumulative carbon-carbon double bonds. A brief review of each area is provided, but the emphasis in all cases is on describing efficient practical methods to effect the transformations described. The reader can therefore use this book to rapidly review and select the best methods of performing a synthetic conversion to create or modify a molecule containing an acetylene, allene or cumulene functionality. In addition, the documentation of a large number of experimental recipes enables the user to synthesise an unsaturated molecule without the need to access to the original literature. Reviews and evaluates the various methods for the formation and reaction of acetylenes, cumulenes and allenes Provides detailed practical experimental for many important reactions General tips and analytical data are provided from the author's own extensive research in this area

Here, the editors Rolf Gleiter and Henning Hopf present an excellent overview of all the important aspects and latest results in cyclophane chemistry. Clearly structured and covering the entire range, the book introduces readers to the most recent research in the field. Twenty chapters, written by well-known scientists, cover in particular: - synthesis of carbo- and heterocyclic cyclophanes and metallocenophanes, - structural and spectroscopic properties of cyclophanes, - current and future applications in synthesis and material science, - novel reactions of cyclophanes, - use of cyclophanes as building blocks in supramolecular chemistry for this fascinating class of compounds. Thus, this is not only an extremely valuable source of information for synthetic organic chemists, but also a ready reference for scientists working in related fields of arene chemistry, stereoselective synthesis, material science, and bioorganic chemistry.

Comprehensively covering modern carbonylation chemistry, this book is an indispensable companion for all synthetic chemists working in industry and academia. This monograph contains everything there is to know from recent advances in the investigation of carbonylation catalysts, via coordination chemistry to the synthetic application of transition metal catalyzed carbonylations.

Organonickel chemistry plays an increasingly important role in organic chemistry, and interest in this topic is now just as keen as in organopalladium chemistry. While there are numerous, very successful books on the latter, a book specializing in organonickel chemistry is long overdue. Edited by one of the leading experts in the field, this volume covers the many discoveries made over the past 30 years, and previously scattered throughout the literature. Active researchers working at the forefront of organonickel chemistry provide a comprehensive review of the topic, including cross-coupling reactions, asymmetric synthesis and heterogeneous catalysis reaction types. A must-have for both organometallic chemists and synthetic organic chemists.

There is a vast and often bewildering array of synthetic methods and reagents available to organic chemists today. The Best Synthetic Methods series allows any scientist who is interested in the chemical transformations of molecules to choose between all the alternatives and assess their real advantages and limitations. With the emphasis on laboratory use, these volumes represent a comprehensive and practical guide to modern synthetic organic chemistry. This book is the product of the author's many years practical experience and reading of the original literature. It contains a valuable distillation and critical evaluation of the Best Synthetic Methods for the formation and reaction of molecules containing carbon-carbon triple bonds or cumulative carbon-carbon double bonds. A brief review of each area is provided, but the emphasis in all cases is on describing efficient practical methods to effect the transformations described. The reader can therefore use this book to rapidly review and select the best methods of performing a synthetic conversion to create or modify a molecule containing an acetylene, allene or cumulene functionality. In addition, the documentation of a large number of experimental recipes enables the user to synthesise an unsaturated molecule without the need to access to the original literature. - Reviews and evaluates the various methods for the formation and reaction of acetylenes, cumulenes and allenes. - Provides detailed practical experimental for many important reactions. - General tips and analytical data are provided from the author's own extensive research in this area.