1st Edition
by Irina A. Maretina (Author), Boris I. Ionin (Translator), John C. Tebby (Consultant Editor)
Acetylene systems present a new
route to cyclic compounds as an alternative to more traditional methods
employed in classical organic chemistry. The synthesis of cyclic
structures based on acetylene systems has important applications in the
formation of nanostructures, naturally occurring compounds and
chemosensory materials for the design of nonlinear optics, electronic
and photonic devices.
Alkynes in Cycloadditions presents a
modern review of regioselective synthesis of aromatic and non-aromatic
carbocyclic and heterocyclic ring systems based primarily on [2+2+2] and
[4+2] cycloadditions, and other reactions of acetylenic units including
enediynes and enyne-allenes.
Topics covered include:
- New
strategies for the formation of aromatic and polynuclear hydrocarbons
based on (Z)-hex-3-en-1,5-diyne and (Z)-hepta-1,2,4-triene-6-yne blocks.
- One-step
synthesis of benzene derivatives, β-substituted naphthalenes and acenes
by the cycloaromatization of enediynes and enyne-allenes by Bergman,
Myers-Saito and Shmittel.
- Mechanisms of cycloaromatization resulting in the formation of fulvene and indene systems.
- Heterocyclization involving enyne-carbodiimides.
- New
achievements in classical cycloaddition reactions such as the
Diels-Alder condensation with acetylenic dienophiles and [2+2]
cycloadditions with acetylene components
Alkynes in Cycloadditions
presents a comprehensive summary of the literature on methods for the
synthesis of ring systems from acetylenes for academic researchers
working in the fields of organic synthesis, physical organic chemistry,
organometallic chemistry, catalysis, materials science, nanomaterials
and biochemistry.
