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Listing of Name Reactions for Carbocyclic Ring Formations. Name Reactions for Carbocyclic Ring Formations. Edited by Jie Jack Li. (Bristol-Myers Squibb Company). John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ. 2010. xvi þ 756 pp. $149.95. ISBN 978-0-470-08506-6.
This fifth volume of Name Reactions focuses on the formation of carbon rings in six chapters, with the first four covering three-, four-, five-, and six-membered carbocycles and the final two encompassing large-ring carbocycles and transformations of carbocycles. Each chapter contains the following sections: Description; Historical Perspective; Mechanism; Variations and Improvements; Synthetic Utility; Experimental; and References. The book opens with a Foreword by E. J. Corey and ends with appendices featuring the Tables of Contents of the previous four volumes of the series and the upcoming sixth volume. 10.1021/ja200510u
Published: February 3, 2011 r 2011 American Chemical Society
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