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| Synthetically Useful Reactions with Nickel Boride. A Review by J. M. Khurana* and A. Gogia | 1 |
| Electrophile Mediated Heteroatom Cyclizations onto C-C ¼-Bonds. Part 1: Halogen and Chalcogen Mediated Cyclization. A Review by M. Frederickson and R. Grigg* | 33 |
| Electrophile Mediated Heteroatom Cyclizations onto C-C ¼-Bonds. Part 2: Metal Ion Mediated Cyclization. A Review by M. Frederickson and R. Grigg* | 63 |
| Improved Procedures for Preparation of 4-Hydroxy- and 4-Methoxy-2-aminopyridines by R. J. Sundberg* and S. Jiang | 117 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 123 |
| A Convenient, Large-scale Synthesis of Abiraterone Acetate [3β-Acetoxy-17-(3-pyridyl)androsta-5,16-diene], a Potential New Drug for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer by G. A. Potter, I. R. Hardcastle and M. Jarman* | 123 |
| A Concise Preparation of 2,6-Dimethyl-4-nitrochlorobenzene by S. W. Wright* | 128 |
| A Facile Synthesis of 9-Hydroxybenzo[a]pyrene by S. Chen*, C. Wang and P. P. Fu | 131 |
| Corrigendum | 135 |
| Selective Transition Metal-Promoted Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Formation. A Review by R. Rossi* and F. Bellina | 137 |
| A Practical Preparation of L-Aspartyl-D-2-Aminobutyric Acid (S)-α-Phenylpropylamide, A New High-Potency Sweetener by G. A. King III* and J. G. Sweeny | 177 |
| Synthesis of Nitrones from 3,4-Dihydroisoquinoline Derivatives by Oxidation with m-Chloroperoxybenzoic Acid by B.-X. Zhao, Y. Yu and S. Eguchi* | 185 |
| An Alternative Strategy for the Purification of meso-2,4-Pentanediol by B. Gordillo* and J. Hernández | 195 |
| Adipoylation of 2-Methoxynaphthalene by C. Balo, F. Fernández, E. Lens and C. López* | 201 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 207 |
| A Newer Route for the Synthesis of β-Phenylthio, β-Phenylsulfinyl and β-Phenylsulfonyl Nitroethylenes by V. Ramamoorthy, S. Sivasubramanian* and S. Muthusubramanian | 207 |
| A Convenient Synthesis of Oxazolo[3,2-a]quinolones by H. A. A. El-Nabi | 211 |
| Synthesis Of Diethyl 3-Aryl-3-oxopropylphosphonates by J.-W. Yu and S. K. Huang* | 214 |
| Asymetric Synthesis of (R)-N-(t-Butoxycarbonyl)-4-cyanophenylalanine Methyl Ester by A. Pecunioso*, S. Papini, B. Tanburini, F. Tinazzi | 218 |
| A Facile Synthesis of 3-Fluorothiophene-2-carboxylic Acid by E. C. Taylor* and P. Zhou | 221 |
| The Alkylation of Coumarin at C-3 of 4-Hydroxycoumarin by I. Tabakovic*, K. Tabakovic and I. Gaon | 223 |
| An Improved General Method for the Preparation of 4-Aryl Substituted bisPyrazolo[3,4- b;4',3'-e]pyridines by A. Puchala, D. Rasala*, E. Kolehmainen and M. Prokesová | 226 |
| An Alternative A Synthesis of Ethyl 3-(2-Chloro-4,5-difluorophenyl)-3-oxopropionate and Ethyl 3-(2,6-Dichloro-5-fluoropyridin-3-yl)-3-oxopropionate by F. J. Urban*, B. S. Moore and P. L. Spargo | 231 |
| An Improved Synthesis of bis(p-Phenylene)-32-crown-4 by D. S. Nagvekar and H. W. Gibson* | 234 |
| Improved Syntheses of 20- and 26-Membered bis(5-Carbomethoxy-1,3-phenylene) Crown Ethers by D. S. Nagvekar and H. W. Gibson* | 237 |
| 5-Benzyloxyresorcinol, A Monoprotected Phloroglucinol by D. S. Nagvekar and H. W. Gibson* | 240 |
| Bridged Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. A Review by R. G. Harvey | 243 |
| Synthesis of New Aryl and Heteroaromatic Substituted Pyridines, Pyrazoles, Pyrimidines and Pyrazolo[3,4-d]Pyridazines by F. Al-Omran*, N. Al-Awadi, A. A. El-Khair and M. H. Elnagdi* | 285 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 293 |
| Tetrahydropyranyloxy-Directed ortho-Lithiation of Aromatic Systems. Synthesis of o-Hydroxycinnamate Esters from Phenols by R. A. Bunce* and J. D. Moore | 293 |
| A New Route for the Preparation of Xanthene Derivatives Using Friedel-Crafts Intramolecular Cyclobenzylation by T. Yamato*, M. Komine, and Y. Nagano | 300 |
| Synthesis of (1R,cis)-2-(3-Amino-2,2-dimethylcyclobutyl)ethanol, A Precursor of Cyclobutane Carbocyclic Nucleosides by J. E. R. Borges, F. Fernández, X. García, A. R. Hergueta and C. López* | 303 |
| An Improved Procedure for the Synthesis of Anhydroecgonine Methyl Ester by C. R. Holmquist, K. R. Parham, J. A. Holleman and F. I. Carroll* | 308 |
| Synthesis of Unsymmetncal α-(N-Arylcarbonyl)amino Diorganyl Selenides via Benzotriazole Intermediates Promoted by SmI2 by W. Bao, Y. Zhang* and Y. Zheng | 311 |
| Reduction of 1,3-Azole and 1,3-Benzazole Carbinols with Sodium Borohydride- Trifluoroacetic Acid by C. F. Nutaitis* and J. Obaza-Nutaitis | 315 |
| Electrophilic Substitution of 7-tert-butyl-1-substituted Pyrenes. A New Route for the Preparation of 1,3-Disubstituted Pyrenes by T. Yamato*, M. Fujimoto, Y. Nagano, A. Miyazawa and M. Tashiro | 321 |
| Efficient Synthesis of exo-1-Azabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-3-ol by S. D. Barrett*, J. C. Jaen, B. W. Caprathe, A. J. Thomas and H. Tecle | 330 |
| Tetrahydrofuran Ring-opening with Acid Anhydrides Catalyzed by Samarium Triiodide by W. Bao, T. Ying, Y. Zhang* and M. Yu | 335 |
| The Efficient Synthesis of FMOC-L-Homoglutamine by K. Wis´niewski* and A. S. Kolodziejczyk | 338 |
| Allylic and Phenolic Phosphate Esters of Dexanabinol by E. Pop*, F. Soti, A. Biegon and M. E. Brewster | 341 |
| Synthesis of 4H-Cyclopenta[def]chrysene and Other Methylene-bridged Polycyclic Hydrocarbons by W. Dai and R. G. Harvey* | 347 |
| N-Perfluoroalkanesulfonylphosphoramides via an Improved Atherton-Todd Reaction by S. Zhu*, J. Zhang, B. Xu and C. Qin | 352 |
| A Novel Synthesis of 4-Cyano-2-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)pyrido[1,2-a]benzimidazoles from 3-Formylchromone by K. V. Reddy and A. V. S. Rao* | 355 |
| An Efficient Synthesis of 3-Bromo-2-(bromomethyl)-1-propene by T. Axenrod*, K. K. Das, H. Yazdekhasti, P. R. Dave and A. G. Stern | 358 |
| A Concise Synthesis of Symmetric 1,3,5-C3-Trisubstituted Benzenes by M. W. Majchrzak*,J. N. Zobel, D. J. Obradovich and G. A. Peterson | 361 |
| Reductive Claisen Rearrangements of Allyloxyanthraquinones. A Review by R. C. Cambie*, J. B. J. Milbank and P. S. Rutledge | 365 |
| Recent Progress in the Use of Hypervalent Iodine Reagents in Organic Synthesis. A Review by T. Kitamura* and Y. Fujiwara | 409 |
| p-Chlorophenol as a Solvent for Cycloaddition of Cyclopentadienones with Non-activated Olefins by T. Jikyo, M. Eto, T. Matsuoka and K. Harano* | 459 |
| Synthesis of 6-Hydroxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-pyridones and 3,4-Dihydro-2-pyridones by H2O2/DMSO Hydration of SMALLDELTA-Ketonitriles by A. Citterio*, E. Carnevali, A. Farina, V. Meille, S. Alini and L. Cotarca | 465 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 471 |
| An Improved Route to Cycloalka[b]pyrrole 2-Carboxylates by C. Balsamini, A. Bedini, G. Tarzia and A. Tontini* | 471 |
| Syntheses and Stereochemistry of Tetrahydrofuran Derivatives from α-Pinene by F.-C. Liu*, Z.-Q. Mei, Y.-C. Wang and J. Lin | 473 |
| Synthesis of Substituted 1-Tetralones by P. Kumar | 477 |
| Dethioacetalization of Dithiolanes with Ferric Nitrate and Silica Gel in Hexane by M. Hirano*, K. Ukawa, S. Yakabe and T. Morimoto* | 480 |
| Synthesis of 3-O-Benzyl-3,7-imino-1,3,6,7-tetradeoxy-L-manno-heptitol and of 3-O-Benzyl- 3,7-imino-1,3,6,7-tetradeoxy-D-gluco-heptitol by F. Degiorgis, M. Lombardo and C. Trombini* | 485 |
| A Convenient Synthesis of New Halothienyl β-Aminoacids as Versatile Building Blocks by O. Renault, P. Dallemagne and S. Rault* | 488 |
| New Simple Synthesis of the Housefly Sex Attractant by Y.-P. Yen* and F.-L. Wang | 494 |
| Improved One-pot Preparation of Tetramethylfluoroformamidinium Hexafluorophosphate by T. Vojkovsky* and B. Drake | 497 |
| Approaches to Partial Syntheses of 11-Oxo Steroids. A Brief Review by H. Gao | 499 |
| [2+2] Cycloaddtion Reactions of Enamines and Electron-deficient Acetylenes by N. Tunoglu* and N. Uludag | 541 |
| Optimized Synthesis of Some γ,γ-Disubstituted Allylamines by U. Jordis*, F. Grohmann and B. Küenburg | 549 |
| Synthesis of Fluorescein Phosphates and Sulfates by J. Scheigetz*, M. Gilbert and R. Zamboni | 561 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 569 |
| TiCl4-Zn Induced Reductive Coupling Reactions in the Absence of Solvent by J. Chen, J. Li, M.-H. Yu, W.-X. Chen* and H.-E. Fu | 569 |
| Synthesis of 13-Ethyl-11-methylene-18,19-dinor-17α-pregn-4-en-20-yn-17-ol by H. Gao*, X. Su, L. Zhou and Z. Li | 572 |
| A Facile Synthesis of 3-Amino-1(2)H-pyrazolo[3,4-c]pyridine by A. D. Dunn | 577 |
| A Facile Synthesis of 1-Benzyloxycarbonylamino-(substituted)phenylmethylphosphinates by Q. Dai* and R. Chen | 580 |
| Michael Reactions in Aqueous Micelles of Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide by C. D. Mudaliar, K. R. Nivalkar and S. H. Mashraqui* | 584 |
| α,β-Unsaturated Sulfones by the Wittig Reaction of Stable Ylide with Aldehydes Under Microwave Irradiation by C. Fu, C. Xu, Z.-Z. Huang and X. Huang* | 587 |
| 2,5-Disubstituted Furans by Oxidation of β-Dicarbonyl Compounds in the Presence of Furan by A. Citterio*, M. Tino, M. Antonietta and R. Sebastiano | 590 |
| Preparation of Ring-substituted Phenoxyamine Derivatives by E. Miyazawa, T. Sakamoto and Y. Kikugawa* | 594 |
| Modification of Round Bottom Flasks to Allow Complete Removal of Contents by Syringe by B. E. Love | 600 |
| Corrigendum | 602 |
| Optically Active Selenium and Tellurium Compounds. Synthesis And Application for Asymmetric Synthesis. A Review by T. Shimizu and N. Kamigata* | 603 |
| The Synthesis of Isocoumarins over the Last Decade. A Review by E. Napolitano | 631 |
| Reduction of Carboxylic Acids to Aldehydes by Thexylalkoxyboranes by J. S. Cha*, S. W. Chang, J. M. Kim, O. O. Kwon and J. C. Lee | 665 |
| Synthesis of Aminotoluenesulfonamide Derivatives using Conventional Heating or Microwave- assisted Methods by R. Pérez, E. R. Pérez, M. Suárez, L. González, A. Loupy, M. L. Jimeno and C. Ochoa* | 671 |
| Improved Synthesis of 2,2',3,3',6,6'-Hexachlorobiphenyl by S. C. Waller and E. A. Mash* | 679 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 687 |
| Condensation Reaction of Acyloins with Urea without Solvent under Microwave Irradiation by J.-C. Feng*, Q.-H. Meng, Y. Liu and L. Dai | 687 |
| Chemical Transformation of Dihydro- and Tetrahydro-1,5-benzodiazepin-2-ones into Amidines by B. D. Puodziunaite*, L. Vertelyte, R. Janciene and Z. Stumbreviciute | 689 |
| N-Acetyl-α,β-dehydroamino Acid N'-Methylamides and N',N'-Dimethylamides by L. Smelka, B. Rzeszotarska*, M. A. Broda and Z. Kubica | 696 |
| A Facile Synthesis for Racemic and Optically Active 1-Aminoindans by R. Lidor*, E. Bahar, O. Zairi, G. Atili and D. Amster | 701 |
| Synthesis of Hexasubstituted Nitrobenzene Derivatives via Vicarious Nucleophilic Substitution of Hydrogen by M. Makosza* and S. Nizamov | 707 |
| A Novel Route to New Dibenzo[b,f][1,5]diazocine Derivatives as Chemosensitizers by E. Nonnenmacher, A. Hever, A. Mahamoud, C. Aubert, J. Molnar and J. Barbe* | 711 |
| N-Bromosuccinimide-Chloroform, a More Convenient Method to Nuclear Brominate Reactive Aromatic Hydrocarbons by R. H. Mitchell*, Y. Chen, and J. Zhang | 715 |
| INDEXES | 721 |