Classics in Hydrocarbon Chemistry : Syntheses, Concepts, Perspectives Book

Preface FROM SIMPLE BUILDING BLOCKS TO COMPLEX TARGET MOLECULES AND MULTIFACETED REACTIONS ADAMANTANE AND OTHER CAGE HYDROCARBONS Adamantane Higher analogs of adamantane Twistane Tetraasterane References THE PRISMANES Triprismane
[5]-Prismane En route to hexaprismane References THE PLATONIC HYDROCARBONS Tetrahedrane Cubane ([4]-prismane)
Dodecahedrane References BRIDGEHEAD-DISTORTED HYDROCARBONS Propellanes Fenestranes out,out, out,in and in,in Hydrocarbons References ALKENES Linear conjugated polyenes Cyclopropene, the smallest cycloolefin and how it can be used in hydrocarbon synthesis Large-ring cycloalkenes by transition metal-catalyzed oligomerization of dienes Distorted olefins: trans-cycloalkenes, anti-Bredt-hydrocarbons, betweenanenes, and pyramidalized olefins Tetrakis-tert-butylethene - an exercise in preparative futility References ALKYNES Polyacetylenes - rods made of carbon Angle-strained cycloalkynes Medium and large-ring alkynes References ALLENES AND CUMULENES Acyclic allenes Acyclic cumulenes Cyclic allenes Cyclic cumulenes References THE ANNULENES
1,3-Cyclobutadiene Benzene and its isomers Cyclooctatetraene and the (CH)8 isomers The higher annulenes Bridged annulenes References CROSS-CONJUGATED AND RELATED HYDROCARBONS The dendralenes The fulvenes The fulvalenes Pentalene, azulene, heptalene and other zero-bridged annulenes The [n]radialenes The [n]rotanes References LEAVING THE P-PLANE-NON-PLANAR AROMATIC COMPOUNDS The helicenes The circulenes The cyclophanes References THREE-DIMENSIONAL OLIGOOLEFINS Barrelene Triptycene and the iptycenes Bullvalene and semibullvalene Triquinacene Spiropolyenes, stellapolyenes and related hydrocarbons References EXTENDED SYSTEMS I. FROM BENZENE TO GRAPHITE SUBSTRUCTURES Linearly annelated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Angularly annelated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Condensed aromatic hydrocarbons with ribbon structures Graphite substructures References EXTENDED SYSTEMS II. BEYOND THE PAH PATTERN From biphenylene to linear and angular [n]phenylenes Extended structures containing triple bonds Building with cyclopropane rings References CLASSICS IN HYDROCARBON SYNTHESIS: THREE EXAMPLES FROM PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY The dehydrobenzenes Non-Kekulé hydrocarbons Bond fixation in benzene rings References Author Index Subject Index