Cage Hydrocarbons

Inspired by a symposium held at the University of Southern California, March 1988, dedicated to Paul von R. Schleyer. Contributors examine the role of ``hypercarbons′′ in several areas of chemistry, systematically covering the multicenter bonding of ``hypercarbons′′ relative to the chemistry of main group elements, organometallics, cluster chemistry, carbocations, and hydrocarbon chemistry.

Spis treści:
My Thirty Years in Hydrocarbon Cages: From Adamantane to Dodecahedrane (P. Schleyer).
Catalytic Routes to Adamantane and Its Homologues (M. McKervey & J. Rooney).
The Superacid Route to 1–Adamantyl Cation (T. Sorensen & S. Whitworth).
Carbocations and Electrophilic Reactions of Cage Hydrocarbons (G. Olah).
Fragmentation and Transannular Cyclization Routes to Cage Hydrocarbons (A. Yurchenko).
Bridgehead Reactivity in Solvolysis Reactions (P. Muller & J. Mareda).
Stabilization of Cage Compounds through Steric Hindrance by tert–Butyl Groups (G. Maier, et al.).
Homologues of Barrelene, Bullvalene, and Benzene: Concepts, Questions, and Results (A. de Meijere).
The [n]Peristylane–Polyhedrane Connection (L. Paquette).
The Pagodane Route to Dodecahedrane (W. Fessner & H. Prinzbach).
Author Index.
Subject Index.