Reviews on General and Synthetic Methods

Kuwajima and E. Nakamura, Reactive Enolates from Enol Silyl Ethers, Acc.Chem. Res., 1985, 181. 

Rozen and R. Filler, a-Fluorocarbonyl Compounds and Related Chemistry, Tetrahedron, 1985, 4J, 1111. 

Botteghi and F. Soccolini, Malonaldehyde, Succinaldehyde, and Glutaraldehyde Monoacetals Syntheses and Applications, Synthesis, 1985, 592. 

Sarma and R.P.Sharma, Synthesis of o-Methylene- -butyrolactones, Heterocycles, 1986, 23 441. 

Petragnani, H.M.C.Ferraz and G.V.J.Silva, Advances in the Synthesis of a-Methylenelactones, Synthesis, 1986, 157. 

Pavlova, Y.A.Davidovich and S.V.Rogozhin, Alkyl Orthoesters and their Applications in Organic Synthesis, Russ.Chem.Rev., 

Purrington, B.S.Kagen and T.B.Patrick, The Application of Elemental Fluorine in Organic Synthesis, Chem.Rev., 1986, 86, 

Gambaryan and E.M.Rokhlin, Characteristic Features of the Chemical Properties of Fluorine-containing Unsaturated Compounds, Russ.Chem.Rev., 1986, 5, 480. 

Kocienski, A New and Useful Olefin Synthesis based on Sulphones , Chem. Ind., 1981, 548. 

Palladium-catalysed Synthesis of Conjugated Polyenes , Pure Appl. Chem., 1981, 53, 2332. 

Normant and A. Alexakis, Carbometallation, C-Metallation of Alkynes, Stereospecific Synthesis of Alkenyl Derivatives , Synthesis, 1981, 841. 

Hase and J. K. Koshimies, A Compilation of References of Formyl and Acyl Anion Synthons , Aldrichimica Acta, 1981,14, 73. 

Meskens, Methods for the Preparation of Acetals from Alcohols, or Oxiranes and Carbonyl Compounds , Synthesis, 1981, 501. 

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Two further chapters deal with developments in the synthesis of saturated carbocycles (Chapter 7) and saturated heterocycles (Chapter 8) and the final chapter provides a summary of Highlights in Total Synthesis of Natural Products. A list of reviews on General and Synthetic methods is collected at the end of the Report. 

Reviews on General and Synthetic Methods By G. Pattenden and G. M. Robertson... 

Contemporary Organic Synthesis is the first review journal devoted specifically to this area. It is a successor to the RSC s Specialist Periodical Report General and Synthetic Methods, but provides extended coverage on a more regular basis. 

From time to time, we plan to devote space in the Reports to special topics which are undergoing rapid development or growth. In this first volume, for example, an additional chapter (Chapter 10) reports on the important growth area of Phase Transfer and Related Methods . Because of the enormous volume of review literature dealing with general and synthetic methods, we have sought to provide a service to readers and have compiled a comprehensive list of Reviews on General Synthetic Methods at the end of the Report. 

The electrochemistry of conducting polymers has been the subject of several reviews2-8 and has been included in articles on chemically modified electrodes.9-14 The primary purpose of this chapter is to review fundamental aspects of the electrochemistry of conducting polymer films. Applications, the diversity of materials available, and synthetic methods are not covered in any detail. No attempt has been made at a comprehensive coverage of the relevant literature and the materials that have been studied. Specific examples have been selected to illustrate general principles, and so it can often be assumed that other materials will behave similarly. 

Since previous reviews sufficiently cover the developments in this field until the beginning of the 80s, the intention with the present review is to focus principally on the recent synthetic methods for the preparation of cyclic compounds, although general and basic reactions of less recent origin will also be mentioned. The chapter has been divided into two sections describing methodologies leading to the synthesis of carbo- and heterocycloadducts of different size. Finally, a brief section has been dedicated to the use of imines in cyclization reactions which occur via their enamine tautomer. 

The earlier reviews on heterophospholes in general include anellated azaphospholes as well, though in a limited manner [3-6], A comprehensive review on anellated heterophospholes covers the literature up to 1994 and includes a detailed list of the compounds and their physical data reported till then [12], In another review, analogy between the synthetic methods and reactions of anellated heterophospholes and their non-phosphorus analogues has been highlighted [13]. A review is limited to the analogy between the synthesis of indolizines and phosphaindolizines [14]. The synthesis of anellated heterophospholes from 2-substituted cycloiminium salts forms the subject matter of two reviews [15,16]. Some recent advances in the chemistry of anellated azaphospholes have been published in a recent review [7],... 

Reviews on General Synthetic Methods By K. Cooper and G. Pattenden... 

Due to the rich development of oxidation reactions in recent years there was a need for a book covering the area. The purpose of this book on Modem Oxidation Methods is to fill this need and provide the chemistry community with an overview of some recent developments in the field. In particular some general and synthetically useful oxidation methods that are frequently used by organic chemists are covered. These methods include catalytic as well as non-catalytic oxidation reactions in the science frontier of the field. Today there is an emphasis on the use of environmentally friendly oxidants ( green oxidants) that lead to a minimum amount of waste. Examples of such oxidants are molecular oxygen and hydrogen peroxide. Many of the oxidation methods discussed and reviewed in tliis book are based on the use of green oxidants. 

Comprehensive and important reviews on photochromism of spiropyrans have been published by Bertelson1 and Guglielmetti2 In the present chapter, general synthetic methods and physical properties of spiropyrans with special reference to leuco dyes will be described. The chapter is divided into the spirobenzopyran, spironaphthooxazine, and spirothiopyran and related compounds. 

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