Publisher's Synopsis
Content: updates on the synthesis and applications of allylsilanes, which are important building blocks in organic synthesis; synthesis of benzopyrylium salts; synthesis and modification of purines, an important class of heterocycle found widely in nature as well as in pharmaceuticals; a report on the synthesis of amides from acylboron compounds, using potassium acyltrifluoroborates (KATs), N-methyliminodiacetyl (MIDA) acylboronates, and monofluoro(acyl)boronates; a review of recent advances in the aza-Diels-Alder reaction; and a short review on the emerging area of alkane metathesis, which holds potential for the transformation of less-valuable alkanes into high-value alkanes and for the degradation of polyethylenes.
