The Chemistry of Dienes and Polyenes

This volume focuses on the chemistry of dienes and polyenes, which are an extremely important group of chemicals in the investigation of different types of syntheses based on the Diels–Adler reactions that allows for stereospecific molecules to be prepared. Dienes and polyenes are found in a large number of natural and human–made products, including such natural products as terpenes, cholesterol, Vitamin A, and many essential oils, as well as many polymers and rubber products.
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Mass Spectrometry and Gas–Phase Ion Chemistry of Dienes and Polyenes (D. Kuck & M. Mormann).
NMR Spectroscopy of Dienes and Polyenes (Y. Takeuchi T. Takayama).
Photopericyclic Reactions of Conjugated Dienes and Trienes (B.H.O. Cook & W.J. Leigh).
Photochemistry of Non–Conjugated Dienes. (W.M. Horspool)
Intermolecular Cyclization Reactions to Form Carbocycles (P.H. Beusker & H.W. Scheeren).
Cycloaddition to give Heterocycles (G.H. Boyd).
Electrophilic Additions to Dienes and Polyenes (C. Chiappe & M.–F. Ruasse).
Nucleophilic Additions to Dienes, Enynes and Polyenes (N. Krause & C. Zelder).
Synthetic Applications of Dienes and Polyenes, Excluding Cycloadditions (N. Wachter–Jurcsak & K.A. Conlon).
Rearrangements of Dienes and Polyenes (S.M. Lukyanov & A.V. Koblik).
Organometallic Complexes of Dienes and Polyenes (W.A. Donaldson).
Reduction of Dienes and Polyenes (A. Tungler, et al.).
Catalysis of Diels–Alder Reactions in Water and in Hydrogen–Bonding Environments (A. Wittkopp & P. Schreiner).
Indexes.
Contents of Volume 1.