Volume E17a
de Meijere1997
4th edition
998 pp
hardcover
ISBN (Americas): 9783132187047
ISBN (EUR, Asia, Africa, AUS): 9783132187047
Beyond doubt, carbocyclic three- and four-membered ring compounds play an essential role in organic synthesis. In their own right, and as building blocks with a potential for specific transformations, small ring compounds have allowed chemists to construct and manipulate highly complex organic skeletons after having understood more fully the nature of carbon-carbon bonds. This field of chemistry has now reached a stage of maturity such that a comprehensive, critical survey is called for. E17 is a six-volume set of approximately 6000 pages that evaluates the entire literature on carbocyclic three- and four-membered ring compounds. An introductory section provides essential background information on the nature of bonding, structure, strain, rearrangements and spectroscopy. The first four volumes describe carbocyclic three-, and the last two volumes, four-membered ring compounds. Synthesis and transformations of each class of compound is systematically investigated in parts A (where detailed experimental procedures are included) and part B, respectively, while part C discusses their generation from, and their role, in coordination compounds.
Volume E17a describes the synthesis of cyclopropanes and includes detailed experimental procedures.
