Organic Synthesis, Reactions and Mechanisms

David Ginsburg (auth.)0387169040, 9780387169040

I should like to attempt to explain why a starting material that may apparently afford a propellane and/or a dispiran sometimes gives one or another, apparently not a mixture of both. There does not appear to be a denominator common for all the cases to be discussed but perhaps discussion of cases pertaining both to carbocyclic and heterocyclic compounds may cast some light on the problem; there need not be a unique reason for the behavior in the two series.

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Table of contents :
Of propellanes — and of spirans….Pages 1-17
A new treatment of chemical reactivity: Development of EROS, an expert system for reaction prediction and synthesis design….Pages 19-73
Transition-metal catalyzed decomposition of aliphatic diazo compounds — New results and applications in organic synthesis….Pages 75-253