| Biomimetic and Synthetic Approaches to Marine Sponge Alkaloids Derived from bis-Pyridine Macrocycles. A Review by N. Matzanke, R. J. Gregg and S. M. Weinreb* | 1 |
| 2-Substituted Hexahydropyrimidines and their Tautomerismby K. N. Zelenin*, V. V. Alekseyev, I. V. Ukraintsev and I. V. Tselinsky | 53 |
| Reduction of Organic Compounds with Thexyl-s-butoxyboraneby J. S. Cha*, S. W. Chang, J. M. Kim, O. O. Kwon, J. H. Chun, S. D. Cho and H. S. Lee | 63 |
| Synthesis of (1R,3S)-3-Amino-1,2,2-trimethylcyclopentylmethanolby J. M. Blanco, O. Caamaño, F. Fernández, X. García-Mera* and J. E. Rodríguez | 71 |
| Improved Synthesis of 7,7-Dimethyl-1,4-dioxo-2,3,4,5,6,7-hexahydroinden-2-yl-acetic and Propionic Acid from Citralby I. Kádas*, G. Árvai, G. Horváth | 79 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 87 |
| Microwave-promoted Synthesis of 1-Aryloxy-3-alkylamino-2-propanolsby B. Pchelka and J. Plenkiewicz* | 87 |
| Facile Synthesis of p-(Dicyanomethylene)benzoquinonesby M. Nanasawa*, H. Takahashi and T. Kuwabara | 90 |
| Synthesis and Cyclization of 1-N-(Nitroamidino)thioureas to 2,4-Diaminothiazoles by R. Bina, K. K. Thomas, G. C. Jenardonan and K. N. Rajasekharan* | 93 |
| An Efficient Oxidation Arylsemicarbazides to the Azo Ureasby C. Wang, Y. Wang*, X. Wang, J. Li, H. Wang and S. Zhang | 97 |
| A Simple, One-pot Procedure for the Preparation of Dopaminergic Alkylthioapomorphines by S. Berényi*, C. Csutorás, S. Gyulai and S. Makleit | 100 |
| Regioselective Epoxide Ring-Opening to the Enantiomerically Pure å-Hydroxy Analogue of S-tert-Butyl Cysteine by F. Cavelier* and A.-M. Yim | 103 |
| Improved Synthesis of o-Benzenedisulfonimide by F. A. Davis*, G. Sundarababu and H. Qi | 107 |
| 1-Alkylidene(arylidene)amino-2-aminoethanes and their Tautomerization to Imidazolidines by K. N. Zelenin* and I. V. Ukraintzev | 109 |
| Improved Preparation of 5,6-Dichlorocyclohex-2-ene-1,4-dione by V. F. Ferreira and F. J. Schmitz* | 115 |
| A Convenient Synthesis of (E)-(1-Propenylsulfonyl)benzene by L. M. Finkielsztein, E. N. Alesso, B. Lantaño, J. M. Aguirre and G. Y. M. Iglesias* | 117 |
| The Asymmetric Pauson-Khand Reaction. A Reviewby S. T. Ingate and J. Marco-Contelles* | 121 |
| The Development and Application of 1,3-Dithiane 1-Oxide Derivatives as Chiral Auxiliaries and Asymmetric Building Blocks for Organic Synthesis. A Reviewby S. M. Allin and P. C. B. Page* | 145 |
| A Novel and Facile Synthesis of o-Acylbenzaldehydesby A. Kotali*, M. Papapetrou, V. Dimos and P. A. Harris | 177 |
| An Efficient Procedure for the Preparation of Fmoc-Amino Acidsby S. P. Raillard*, A. D. Mann and T. A. Baer | 183 |
| Cyclopropyl and Pyrazolyl Selenadiazolyl and Thiadiazolyl Sulfones and Their Reactivity by V. Padmavathi, R. P. Sumathi, M. V. R. Reddy and D. B. Reddy* | 187 |
| Investigation of the Alkylation of Aromatic and Hydroaromatic Aldoximes with Halohydrins by E. GÜler*, N. Sen, A. Sirit, S. Kurbanov and R. Mirzaoglu | 195 |
| Synthesis of Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical Disubstituted a-Pyrenylmethyl and a-Perylenylmethyl Malonate and Cyanoacetate Allyl Estersby A. R. Katritzky*, Z. Yang, and J. N. Lam and C. Nagel | 203 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 211 |
| A Novel Synthesis of 2-Amino Diarylketone Derivatives and of Polyfunctionally Substituted Quinolinesby F. Al-Omran*, A. A. El-Khair and M. H. Elnagdi* | 211 |
| Preparation of Alumina-supported Dimethylammonium Chlorochromate (DMCC) and its Use in the Oxidation of Alcohols and Benzoinsby G.-S. Zhang*, Q.-Z. Shi, M.-F. Chen and K. Cai | 215 |
| A Simple Regioselective Nuclear Bromination of Alkyl Phenyl Ethers by S. Yakabe, M. Hirano* and T. Morimoto* | 218 |
| Synthesis of 3,6-Di-(tert-butyl)fluorene by Nickel(0) Catalyzed Coupling of Aryl Halidesby G. C. Paul* and J. J. Gajewski* | 222 |
| Asymmetric Epoxidation of Unfunctionalized Olefins via Formation of Crystalline Cyclodextrin Complexesby H. Sakuraba* and Y. Tanaka | 226 |
| Lithium Hypochlorite-Clorox as a Novel Oxidative Mixture for Methyl Ketones and Methyl Carbinolsby M. M. Madler, J. Klucik, P. S. Soell, C. W. Brown, S. Liu, K. D. Berlin*, D. M. Benbrook, P. J. Birckbichler and E. C. Nelson | 230 |
| [3.3.1]Propellane-2,8-dione. Synthesis and Structureby I. D. Reingold*, G. Beckmann, A. M. Grannas, S. R. Brunette, B. D. Williams, S. Lovell and B. E. Kahr | 235 |
| A Novel Method of Synthesis of Alkyl a-Cyanoacryloyl Glycolatesby X. Yang | 239 |
| Recent Progress in the Synthesis and Reactions of Isothiochromans. A Reviewby Y.-C. Xu | 243 |
| Syntheses of Avenaciolide and Related Bislactones. A Reviewby V. S. Mart�n*, C. M. Rodr�guez and T. Mart�n | 291 |
| Borane-(N-substituted)benzotriazole Complexes and their Alkylation Reactions by A. R. Katritzky*, Y. Fang and S. A. Belyakov | 325 |
| Convenient Preparation of 14-Hydro-5H-Tribenzo[a,d,f]cyclooctenesby T. Yamato*, N. Sakaue and K. Fujita | 331 |
| Chemoselective Synthesis of Protected Polyamines and Facile Synthesis of Polyamine Derivatives Using O-Alkyl-O'-(N-succinimidyl) Carbonatesby M. Adamczyk*, J. R. Fishpaugh and K. J. Heuser | 339 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 349 |
| New Synthesis of Phenylthioglycolic Acids via Related Triazene Compounds by A. Disli and Y. Yildirir* | 349 |
| A Simple Regioselective Synthesis of (R)-10-Hydroxyaporphine Directly from (R)-10,11-Dihydroxyaporphine [(R)-Apomorphine]by J. C. Kim*, S.-D. Bae, J.-A. Kim and S. K. Choi | 352 |
| A New Synthesis of 6,7-Dichloro-dibenzo[c,f][2,7]-naphthyridines via Photocyclization by S. Vijayalakshmi and S. P. Rajendran* | 356 |
| Synthesis of Disulfides by the Oxidative Coupling of Thiols with Calcium Hypochlorite and Silica Gel in Hexaneby M. Hirano*, S. Yakabe, N. Uraoka, and T. Morimoto* | 360 |
| �ew Spiropyran-4-ylindolidine Derivatives from the Reaction of 2-Oxo-3-cyanomethyl- idene-2,3-dihydroindoles with Cyclohexanediones and Phenolsby F. Al-Omran*, I. EL-Ghamry and M. H. Elnagdi | 363 |
| A Facile Synthesis of 5-Benzoylcytosine Derivativesby R. B. Toche, M. N. Jachak, T. S. Dalvi, R. W. Sabnis*, H. Junek , T. Kappe | 367 |
| Applications of Trimethylsilyl Halides-Oxidants Combinations in Organic Synthesis. A Review by P. S. Vankar, M. V. R. Reddy and Y. D. Vankar* | 373 |
| Photochemical Transformation of 2(5H)-Furanones. A Reviewby A. I. Hashem*, A. Senning and A.-S. S. Hamad | 401 |
| A Rapid Williamson Synthesis Under Microwave Irradiation in Dry Mediumby D. Bogdal*, J. Pielichowski and K. Jaskot | 427 |
| Facile Synthesis of 5-(Dihydroxyboryl)-2,4-bis(alkoxy)pyrimidines and N(1)-Substituted | 5-(Dihydroxyboryl)uracilsby H. Wojtowicz-Rajchel and K. Golankiewicz* | 433 |
| Synthesis and Spectral Data of Some New N-Nitroso-N-Phenylhydroxylamine (Cupferron) Derivativesby A. T. Balaban*, R. E. Garfield, M. J. Lesko and W. A. Seitz | 439 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 447 |
| A Facile Synthesis of o-, m-, p-(Trimethylstannyl)benzyl Chlorides and Amines by A. B. Koldobsky, V. E. Vakhmistrov, O. S. Shilova, V. N. Kalinin*, K. A. Tehrani, N. De Kimpe | 447 |
| Improved Preparation of Flurbiprofenby M. N. Deshmukh* and V. Lakshminarayana | 451 |
| A Novel Route to 4-Arylidene-2-phenyl-5(4H)-oxazolonesby M. Kidwai* and R. Kumar | 453 |
| Efficiency of the Vilsmeier-Haack Method in the Synthesis of p-Aminobenzaldehydes by R. Gawinecki,* S. Andrzejak and A. Puchala | 455 |
| Improved Preparation of Surfactants Derived from Sucrose with Ultrasoundby J. Besson, C. Fayet, J. Gelas* and C. Lamazzi | 460 |
| fn Efficient and Facile Procedure for Deprotection of 1,1-Diacetates Using Anhydrous Ferrous Sulfateby T.-S. Jin, Y.-R. Ma, Z. H. Zhang and T.-S. Li* | 463 |
| A High Yielding Preparation of 2,2'-Bipyridine-1-oxideby F. W. Joachim Demnitz* and M. B. d�Heni | 467 |
| Surface Mediated Synthesis of O-Phosphorothioatesby K. Ramadas*, N. Janarthanan and D. Meera Rani | 469 |
| An Improved Preparation of S,S�-Dimethyl N-Cyanodithioiminocarbonate by L. K. Marble | 473 |
| New Syntheses of bis(Tetramethylene)fluoroformamidinium Hexafluorophosphate (BTFFH) and 1,3-Dimethyl-2-fluoro-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazolium Hexafluorophosphate (DFIH). Utility in Peptide Coupling Reactionsby A. El-Faham | 477 |
| Synthesis of Benzo[c][2,7]naphthyridines and 2,13-Diazabenzo[b]chrysene by C. F. Nutaitis*, M. L. Crawley and J. Obaza-Nutaitis | 481 |
| Preparation of O-(3,3,8,10,10-Pentamethyl-1,2-dithia-5,8-diazacyclodecan-5-yl)ethyl O-Pivaloyloxymethyl Phenylphosphonateby N. Bodor*, P. Prokai-Tatrai, E. Koltai and L. Prokai | 485 |
| Recent Progress in Solid Phase Heterocycle Syntheses. A Reviewby J. W. Corbett | 489 |
| Recent Progress in the Synthesis, Properties and Reactions of Trisulfanes and their Oxides by E. L. Clennan* and K. L. Stensaas | 551 |
| Corrigendum | 601 |
| Recent Progress in the Synthesis of p-Quinones and p-Dihydroquinones through Oxidation of Phenol Derivatives. A Reviewby S. Akai and Y. Kita* | 603 |
| Activation of Carboxylic Acids by Pyrocarbonates. Scope and Limitations. A Review by V. F. Pozdnev | 631 |
| Substituted Glutaconic Acids and their Esters in Organic Synthesis. A Reviewby P. F. Vlad* and M. Z. Krimer | 657 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 699 |
| Highly Efficient Synthesis of Fatty Acid Dopamidesby Z. Czarnocki*, M. P. Matuszewska and I. Matuszewska | 699 |
| Synthesis of 1,2- and 1,4-bis[a-(2,4,6-Trinitroanilino)acetamido]benzene as New Insensitive Explosives by B. P. Bandgar*, V. R. Damal and S. S. Pandit | 703 |
| Mild and Selective Method for the Oxidative Cleavage of Acetals and Thioacetalsby B. P. Bandgar*, S. A. Kulkarni and J. N. Nigal | 706 |
| The Synthesis of 3-Amino-2-Dialkylaminopyridinesby A. D. Dunn | 709 |
| Trimethylammonium Chlorochromate (TMACC) Adsorbed on Alumina for Cleavage of Carbon-Nitrogen Double Bonds Under Non-Aqueous Conditionsby G.-S. Zhang*, D.-H. Yang and M.-F. Chen | 713 |
| A Facile Synthesis of New 2-Phosphonobenzyloxy-1,3,2-benzoxaza(dioxa or diaza)- phospholesby J. Zhou* and R. Chen | 716 |