Targets in heterocyclic systems : Chemis try & properties, Volume 9

Heterocyclic derivatives are important in organic chemistry as products (including natural) and/or useful tools in the construction of more complicated molecular entities. Their utilization in polymeric, medicinal and agricultural chemistry is widely documented. Both dyestuff structures and life molecules frequently involve heterocyclic rings that play an important role in several biochemical processes. Volume 9 (2005) keeps the international standard of THS series and contains fourteen chapters, covering the synthesis, reactivity, activity (including medicinal)and mass spectrometry of different heterorings. Reviews from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia, Spain and Switzerland are present in this book.

Cyclodextrins: heterocyclic molecules able to perform chiral recognition (Part 1). Multicomponent reactions with 1,3-dicarbonyl deriviatives: applications to the sysntesis of polyfunctionalized heterocycles. Frontiers in biophotonics: heterocycle-based photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT). Synthesis of 1,-diazabicyclo[X.Y.0]alkanes. scaffolds of dipeptide mimetics and proline derived natural products. 5,6-Dihydroindolizine core formation under rhodium-catalyzed hydroformilation of N-allylpyrroles. Synthesis of sulfur heterocycles from aromatic thioketones. Part 1: three- and four-membered rings. Biotransformation in the synthesis of 2-pyrrolidinones and 2-pyrrolinones. Ring expansion and ring opening of azetidines. Oxidative cleavage of the isoxazolidine ring. Solid-phase indole synthesis. Transition metal catalysis as methods for the elaboration of phosphorus heterocycles. The Securinega alkaloids: pursuing a versatile synthetic approach. Enantioselective synthesis of 3-substituted 1(3H)-isobenzofuranone derivatives. Synthesis of nitrobenzazoles. (Part 1).