| Chemical and Biochemical Hydroxylations of Steroids. A Review
by H. Pellissier* and M. Santelli* | 1 |
| Recent Progress in the Synthesis of bis-Triazenes
by K. Vaughan | 59 |
| Synthesis of 2(3H)-Benzoxazolinone Derivatives as Potential Melatonin Receptor Ligands
by S. Yous*, F. Klupsch and I. Lesieur | 75 |
| Synthesis of Novel Tetrapyrroles and Their Zinc Complexes
by Y. Zhang and J. S. Ma* | 81 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 87 |
| Direct Regeneration of Carbonyl Compounds From Oximes with PEG-NO2
by X. Liu, Q. Zhang*, S. Zhang and J. Zhang | 87 |
| Preparation of 2-Phenyl-4-(1H-pyrazol-5-yl)quinolines
by S. P. Grant, D. R. Hurst, T. L. Cordray and C. F. Beam* | 91 |
| A Practical Method for the Synthesis of
Phenophthalein Spirolactams by M. Adamczyk* and J. Grote | 95 |
| 1,3-Dipolar Cycloadditions of 3-Phenylsydnone with Acetylene Dicarboxylates in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
by A. E. McGowin*, L. Jackson, L. W. Marshall, and K. Turnbull | 100 |
| Asymmetric 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition for the Construction of Enantiomerically Pure
Heterocycles. A Review by S. Karlsson and H.-E. Högberg* | 103 |
| Reaction of Methacryloyl Isocyanate With Sulfonium and Phosphonium Ylides
by T. Hatta, S. Ishibashi and O. Tsuge* | 173 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 181 |
| A Novel Synthesis of 2H-1,4-Benzoselenazines from (o-Nitrophenyl)diselenides and w-Bromoketones Promoted by
Sm/Ticl4 System
by W. Zhong, Y. Zhang* and X. Chen | 181 |
| Low-valent Titanium Induced One-Pot Synthesis of Imidazolidines by Z. Li
and Y. Zhang* | 185 |
| Reductive Coupling of Carbonyl Compounds to Pinacols With Samarium/TMSCL System
by M. Yu and Y. Zhang* | 187 |
| A New and Convenient Solvent-Free Method for the Preparation of 1,4-Diarylthiosemicarbazides
by J.-P. Li, Q.-F. Luo, Y.-L. Wang*, H. Wang | 190 |
| Synthesis of 2-Cyano-3-dimethylamino-N-phenylacrylamides Using the Vilsmeier Reaction
by S. Selvi and P. T. Perumal* | 194 |
| Boron Trifluoride Mediated, One-Pot Synthesis of 3-Methyl-1,2-dihydronaphthalenes
by R. R. Malladi and G. W. Kabalka* | 198 |
| New Trends in Peptide Coupling Reagents
by F. Albericio, R. Chinchilla, D. J. Dodsworth, and C. Nájera* | 203 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 305 |
| Dry Arenediazonium Nitrates From Aromatic Amines and
Ureas with Nitrogen Dioxide Adducts of Dioxane and of Tributyl Phosphate
by Z. Zhang, X. Liu, Q. Zhang*, S. Zhang and T. Huang | 305 |
| A Practical Synthesis of (3aα,
6aα)-1,3-Dibenzyl Hexahydro-1H-thieno[3,4-d]imidazol-2(3h)-one
by F.-E. Chen*, G. Meng, Y.-P. He, Y. Cheng and X.-H. Ling | 311 |
| Recent Progress in the Synthesis and Reactivity of Azetidine-2,3-Diones. A Review
by B. Alcaide* and P. Almendros | 315 |
| Base Catalysis in the Willgerodt-Kindler Reaction
by J. H. Poupaert*, K. Bouinidane, M. Renard, D. Lambert, and M. Isa | 335 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of New 2-Substituted Isoindoline Derivatives of α-Amino Acids
by T. Mancilla*, L. Carrillo, L. S. Zamudio-Rivera, H. I. Beltrán and N. Farfán | 341 |
| Addition of Acetonitrile Anions to Unsaturated Systems Under Ultrasonically Dispersed Potassium System
by Y. Gao, H. Wang, M. Xu, H. Lian, Y. Pan*, and Y. Shi | 351 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 357 |
| Improved Synthesis of Alkyl Diacetylacetates
by S. J. Bingham and J. H. P. Tyman* | 357 |
| Synthesis of 6-Halo-1,2-benzisoxazoles, Chromeno-6,7-isoxazoles and Chromeno-6,7-oxazoles
by L. Cires*, H. Ofenberg and C. Craita | 361 |
| An Improved Solvent-free Preparation of 2-Imidoylphenols
by C. Cimarelli, G. Palmieri* and E. Volpini | 369 |
| Stereoselective Synthesis of (2E)-Cinnamanilides via Desulfonylation of
(2E)-α-Amido-α,β-Unsaturated Sulfones by Samarium/Glacial Acetic Acid/Ethanol System
by Y. Liu and Y. Zhang* | 372 |
| Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Hexasubstituted Cyclotriphosphazenes
by C. Ye*, W. Liu, Y. Chen and Z. Ou | 376 |
| A Facile Synthesis of N2-Benzyloxycarbonyl-(S)-2-amino-3-(dimethylamino)-propanoic Acid
by R. Andruszkiewicz* and A. Walkowiak | 379 |
| An Expeditious Solventless Synthesis of Isoxazoles
by M. Kidwai* and P. Sapra | 381 |
| Two-fold Cycloalkylations of a Bicyclo[3.3.0]Octane-3,7-dione
by E. V. Dehmlow*, H.-J. Breyholz, B. Neumann and H.-G. Stammler | 386 |
| A New Facile and Expeditious Synthesis of N-Hydroxy-N'-phenyloctanediamide, a Potent Inducer of Terminal Cytodifferentiation
by A. Mai,* M. Esposito, G. Sbardella and S. Massa | 391 |
| Efficient Solvent-free Microwave-assisted Esterification of Fusel Oil Using p-TsOH and H3PW12O40 as Catalysts
by E. R. Pérez, N. C. Carnevalli, P. J. Cordeiro, U. P. Rodrigues-Filho and D. W. Franco* | 395 |
| The Preparation of 1-Allyluracil. N(1)-Alkylation of N(3)-Protected Uracil Derivatives
by Z. Paryzek* and B. Tabaczka | 400 |
| Convenient N-Protection of l-Pyroglutamic Acid Esters
by R. Jain* | 405 |
| Recent Advances in the Synthesis of Pyrroles
by V. F. Ferreira*, M. C. B. V. de Souza, A. C. Cunha, L. O. R. Pereira and M. L. G. Ferreira | 411 |
| Functionalization of the 18-Methyl Group of Steroids. A Review
by H. Pellissier* and M. Santelli* | 455 |
| Synthesis of Coelenterazine
by M. Adamczyk,* D. D. Johnson, P. G. Mattingly, Y. Pan and R. E. Reddy | 477 |
| Potential Metabolites of Selected Heteroarotinoids with Fused Five-Membered Rings
by J. B. Gale, J. Klucik, S. Subramanian, and K. D. Berlin* | 487 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 501 |
| A Novel Synthesis of 2-Acylpyridines via Inverse Electron Demand Diels-Alder Reaction of 5-Acyl-1,2,4-Triazines
by A. Rykowski*, E. Olender, D. Branowska and H. C. van der Plas | 501 |
| Synthesis of Hapten Phosphoramidites
by M. Adamczyk,* D. D. Johnson, P. G. Mattingly and R. E. Reddy | 505 |
| Synthesis and Synthetic Utility of 3-Isoxazolols. A Review
by U. S. Sørensen and P. Krogsgaard-Larsen* | 515 |
| Fragmentation and Cleavage Reactions Mediated by SmI2 Part 1: X-Y, X-X and C-C Substrates
by D. B. G. Williams*, K. Blann and J. Caddy | 565 |
| Synthesis of Julolidine Derivatives
by J. M. Kauffman* and S. J. Imbesi | 603 |
| Ruthenium Catalyzed Oxidation of Haloindoles to Isatins
by G. W. Gribble* and Y. Liu | 615 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 621 |
| A Convenient Preparation of 4-(t-Butyloxycarbonylamino)aniline
by B. N. Rao*, T. Venkateswarlu, P. G. Rao and M. K. Divi | 621 |
| Indexes | 625 |