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| Recent Syntheses of Epibatidine. A Review by H. F. Olivo* and M. S. Hemenway | 1 |
| Recent Developments in the Synthesis, Chemical Modifications and Biological Applications of Sulfur Modified Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Oligonucleotides by S. Chambert and J.-L. Décout* | 27 |
| Synthesis and Characterization of Piperazine-2,6-Diones by T. Mancilla*, L. Carrillo, L. S. Zamudio-Rivera, H. I. Beltrán and N. Farfán | 87 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 95 |
| Amides by Microwave-Assisted Dehydration of Ammonium Salts of Carboxylic Acids by Y. Peng and G. Song* | 95 |
| An Improved Procedure for the Preparation of 1-Aryl-4-hydroxy-1H-pyrazoles by C. Lamberth | 98 |
| Synthesis of the Four Stereoisomers of 1,1,1-Trifluorobutane-2,3-diol by C. F. Morelli*, G. Speranza, L. Durì and P. Manitto | 103 |
| Selected Methods for the Reduction of the Azido Group by D. Amantini, F. Fringuelli, F. Pizzo* and L. Vaccaro | 109 |
| Nucleosides with a Carbon Bridge Between Sugar and Nucleobase: The Chemistry of 1'-Homonucleosides and Reversed Nucleosides. A Review by C. Lamberth | 149 |
| Deprotection of Trimethylsilyl and of Tetrahydropyranyl Ethers and of Ethylene Acetals with Benzyltriphenylphosphonium Chlorochromate by A. R. Hajipour*, S. E. Mallakpour, I. M. Baltork and H. Backnezhad | 169 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 177 |
| Methyl 6-Methoxy-1-oxoindan-4-carboxylate by M. G. Banwell* and S. G. Stewart | 177 |
| An Efficient One-step Conversion of Biliverdins to 14-Formyltripyrrinones by P. Wang, Y. Zhang, Q. Chen and J. S. Ma* | 182 |
| A Short and Highly Enantioselective Synthesis of (6R)-Undecyltetrahydropyran-2-one, the Pheromone of Vespa Orientalis by G. Juszkiewiczand J. Jurczak* | 187 |
| An Improved Preparation of 3-(5-Benzofuranyl)-L-alanine by G. Ortar | 190 |
| Microwave-assisted Synthesis of Substituted Cyclopropyl Ferrocenyl Ketones by a Sulfur Ylide Reaction under Solid-state Conditions by Q. Xu, B. Chen, Y. Ma*, W. Liu and Y. Liang | 194 |
| A Simple Synthesis of 1-Aryl-polyenes by E. Pini*, E. Rossi, G. Celentano and R. Stradi | 198 |
| A General Synthesis of Macrocyclic Esters by R. Ostaszewski, P. Cwierzyýnski, and J. Jurczak* | 204 |
| A Novel Synthesis of 2,2,4,5-Tetrasubstituted-1,3-dithioles by J.-P. Zou*, X.-S. Wang, Z.-T. Wang and Z.-E. Lu | 208 |
| Tetrahydrofuran Ring-opening with Acyloxyphosphonium Iodide Catalyzed by Samarium Triiodide by Y. Liu and Y. Zhang* | 214 |
| Preparation, Properties and Synthetic Applications of 2H-Azirines. A Review by F. Palacios*, A. M. O. de Retana, E. M. de Marigorta, and J. M. de los Santos | 219 |
| New Developments in the Use of Enantiomerically Enriched Sulfoxides in Stereoselective Synthesis by C.-C. Wang, H.-C. Huang* and D. B. Reitz | 271 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 321 |
| An Improved Preparation of 4-Aminopyrimidine-5-carboxaldehyde by T. W. Bell*, D. L. Beckles, M. Debetta, B. R. Glover, Z. Hou, K.-Y. Hung, and A. B. Khasanov | 321 |
| Concise Synthesis of N-Protected Carboxyalkyl Ether Amines by M. Adamczyk*, J. R. Fishpaugh and M. Thiruvazhi | 326 |
| Reduction of Pyridyl Carbinols with Sodium Borohydride/Trifluoroacetic Acid by C. F. Nutaitis*, T. J. Greshock, S. R. Houghton, L. N. Moran, and M. A. Walter | 332 |
| Synthesis of Succinic Acids and Derivatives. A Review by K. Arason and S. C. Bergmeier* | 337 |
| Syntheses and Transformations of Piperazinone Rings. A Review by C. J. Dinsmore* and D. C. Beshore | 367 |
| An Improved Synthesis of (S)- or (R)-N-Boc-protected 1,5-Benzothiazepine Derivatives by M. Amblard, M. Calmès*, V. Roques, S. Tabet, A. Loffet and J. Martinez | 405 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 417 |
| Synthesis and Extraction Studies of a Novel Tetracalix[4]arene by A. Yilmaz, S. Memon and M. Yilmaz* | 417 |
| Synthesis of Spiro-1-pyrazolines by the Reaction of Z-3-Arylidene-1-thioflavanones with Diazomethane by A. Lévai | 425 |
| Synthesis of 2,4-Dimethyl-5-iodobenzaldehyde by M. R. Akula, J. H. Zhang and G. W. Kabalka* | 430 |
| A Multi-gram Synthesis of 1,2:5,6-Di-O-isopropylidene-3-C-trimethylsilylmethyl-α- D-allofuranose. An Improved Preparation of 3-C-Hydroxymethyl-α-D-gluco- and 3-C-Methyl-α-D-allofuranose Derivatives by M. Funabashi* and Y. Ooshiro | 432 |
| Synthesis of O-Protected Mandelamide and its Elaboration to 5-Hydroxy-1,5-diphenylhydantoin by A. Papakyprianou, A. W. Parkins*, P. D. Prince and J. W. Steed | 436 |
| Syntheses of L-Iduronyl Synthons. A Review by H. Pellissier | 441 |
| Recent Progress in the Asymmetric Synthesis of α-Substituted Propargylamines by J. Blanchet, M. Bonin* and L. Micouin* | 467 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 493 |
| 2-Alkylindole-3-carboxylate Esters by a Tandem Reduction-Addition-Elimination Reaction by R. A. Bunce,* M. H. Randall and K. G. Applegate | 493 |
| One-Pot Synthesis of Selenoesters from Alkynyl Aryl Selenides by S. Sheng* and X. Liu | 499 |
| NaBH4-MnCl2 for the Improved Reduction of β-Keto Esters Attached to a Chiral Auxiliary. Comparison with Zn(BH4)2 by P. R. R. Costa, C. V. F. Lima, P. R. Pavia and S. Pinhiero* | 502 |
| A Facile and Efficient Zinc-promoted Allylation of Carbonyl Compounds by C. Chen*, W.-C. Dai and H.-G. Chang | 507 |
| Synthesis of N-Protected 1H-Indole-5-carboxylic Acids with Aldose Reductase-inhibitory Potential by I. Nicolaou, N. Zaher and V. J. Demopoulos* | 511 |
| Preparation of 3-(Trifluoromethyl)coumarins by W. Dmowski* and K. Piasecka-Maciejewska | 514 |
| A Simplified Synthesis of Ethyl 5-Chloro-4-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate and of Ethyl 5-Chloro-6-fluoro-1H-indole-2-carboxylate by R. Silvestri*, G. De Martino and G. Sbardella | 517 |
| A Concise Synthesis of Chiral 3-Hydroxymethyl-5-isopropyl Alkylmorpholines from Valinol by L. Huang, M. M. Olmstead and M. J. Kurth* | 521 |
| A Novel Method for the Synthesis of Formyl and Hydroxymethyl Derivatives of 4H-Pyran-4-one by M. Ghandi*, Y. Bayat and R. Teimuri-mofrad | 525 |
| Scalable Syntheses of Nα-Benzyloxycarbonyl-L-ornithine and of N α-(9-Fluorenylmethoxy)carbonyl-L-ornithine by E. Masiukiewicz, S. Wiejak and B. Rzeszotarska* | 531 |
| A Novel and Efficient Biomimetic Hydrolysis of Oxiranes to 1,2-Diols Catalyzed by β-Cyclodextrin in Water under Neutral Conditions by M. A. Reddy, L. R. Reddy, N. Bhanumathi. and K. R. Rao* | 537 |
| Improved Large Scale Synthesis of 2-Trimethylsiloxy-1,3-butadiene by R. T. Uyeda, P. Vu and D. D. Holsworth* | 540 |
| An Efficient Synthesis of 1,3-Dimethyl-4-(phenylsulfonyl)-4H-furo[3,4-b]indole by J. Jiang and G. W. Gribble* | 543 |
| A Simple Preparation of N,N-Dimethyl-N'-alkyl(aryl) Sulfonylformamidines by A. L. Silva, A. Covarrubias-Zúñiga and L. A. Maldonado* | 545 |
| A Rapid Synthesis of Diisopropyl 4-(Chloromethyl)benzyl and 4-(Bromomethyl)benzylphosphonates by B. Moreau, P.-A. Jaffrès and D. Villemin* | 549 |
| Synthesis of Calix[4]arene Diazacrown Containing m-Xylylene Phenol Subunit by X.-B. Wan, G.-Y. Lu*, Z. Bo, C.-M. Jin and F. Liu | 552 |
| Synthetic Approaches toward the Bengamide Family of Antitumor Marine Natural Products. A Review by F. R. Kinder* | 559 |
| The Zincke Reaction. A Review by W.-C. Cheng and M. J. Kurth* | 585 |
| The Birch Reduction of Steroids. A Review by H. Pellissier* and M. Santelli | 609 |
| OPPI Briefs (J.-P. Anselme, Editor) | 643 |
| Convenient Synthesis of Di(n-octadecyl)amine and Di(n-hexadecyl)amine by L. Lattuada* and F. Uberti | 643 |
| Iodination of Aromatic Compounds under Mild and Solvent-free Conditions by A. R. Hajipour* and A. E. Ruoho | 647 |
| Preparation of 5,10,11,11a-Tetrahydro-1H,3H-thiazolo[2,3-C]- and 5,10,11,11a- Tetrahydro-1H,3H-thiazolo[4,3-C]-[1,4]benzodiazepines by A. B. Dyatkin* and B. E. Maryanoff | 652 |
| Facile Preparation of trans-2,3-bis(tert-Butylaminomethyl)norbornene by J. H. Wynne and W. M. Stalick* | 655 |
| Synthesis of 1-[4-(1,5-Dialkyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)]benzyl-1H-indoles and 5,6-Dihaloquinolones by Y. A. Al-Soud, R. F. Halah and N. A. Al-Masoudi* | 658 |
| A Convenient Reduction of Highly Functionalized Aromatic Carboxylic Acids to Alcohols with Borane•THF and Boron Trifluoride•Etherate by M. H. Chen,* E. Iakovleva, S. Kesten, J. Magano, D. Rodriguez, K. E. Sexton, J. Zhang and H. T. Lee | 665 |
| Indexes | 671 |