"Recent significant advances with transition-metal-mediated reactions have opened promising new routes to complex aromatic compounds and have been the subject of intense research in recent years. Featuring practical and efficient reactions to help organic chemists synthesize an important class of compounds, Transition-Metal-Mediated Aromatic Ring Construction provides a valuable guide to methods, synthetic routes, and strategies to construct aromatic rings. Chapters devoted to efficient and practical reactions demonstrate how to use them for the synthesis of various complex aromatic compounds"-- Provided by publisher.

"This book covers transition-metal-mediated reactions with applications for constructing aromatic rings, which are an important class of industrial chemical compounds"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Title Page; Copyright; Contributors; Preface; Part I: [2 + 2 + 2] and Related Cycloaddition Reactions; Chapter 1: Cobalt-Mediated [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 1.1 INTRODUCTION; 1.2 SYNTHESIS OF BENZENES; 1.3 SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLES; 1.4 MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; 1.5 SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS; 1.6 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: Nickel-Mediated [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 SYNTHESIS OF BENZENES; 2.3 CYCLOADDITION OF ALKYNES AND NITRILES; 2.4 CYCLOADDITION OF ALKYNES AND IMINES; 2.5 CYCLOADDITION OF ALKYNES AND CARBON DIOXIDE; 2.6 CYCLOADDITION OF ALKYNES AND ISOCYANATES

2.7 CYCLOADDITION OF ALKYNES AND CARBODIIMIDE2.8 CYCLOADDITION OF DIYNES AND KETENES; 2.9 CYCLOADDITION OF ARYNES; 2.10 MECHANISM; 2.11 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: Ruthenium-Mediated [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SYNTHESIS OF BENZENES; 3.3 SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLES; 3.4 MECHANISM OF RUTHENIUM-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITIONS; 3.5 SYNTHETIC APPLICATIONS; 3.6 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: Rhodium-Mediated [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 SYNTHESIS OF BENZENES; 4.3 SYNTHESIS OF PYRIDINES

4.4 SYNTHESIS OF PYRIDONES AND RELATED HETEROCYCLES4.5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: Iridium-Mediated [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 SYNTHESIS OF BENZENE DERIVATIVES; 5.3 SYNTHESIS OF HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; 5.4 MECHANISTIC ASPECTS; 5.5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: [2 + 2 + 2] and Related Cycloadditions Mediated by Other Transition Metals; 6.1 INTRODUCTION; 6.2 PALLADIUM-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] AND [2 + 2 + 1] CYCLOADDITIONS; 6.3 IRON-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 6.4 MANGANESE-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION

6.5 RHENIUM-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2], [2 + 1 + 2 + 1], AND [2 + 2 + 1 + 1] CYCLOADDITIONS6.6 OTHER TRANSITION-METAL-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 6.7 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: Application to the Synthesis of Natural Products; 7.1 INTRODUCTION; 7.2 CONSTRUCTION OF BENZENE RINGS; 7.3 CONSTRUCTION OF A HETEROCYCLIC RING; 7.4 MISCELLANEOUS; 7.5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 8: Synthesis of Planar Chiral Aromatic Compounds via [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 8.1 INTRODUCTION; 8.2 COBALT-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 8.3 RHODIUM-CATALYZED [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION

8.4 ENANTIOSELECTIVE [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION8.5 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 9: Synthesis of Axially Chiral Aromatic Compounds via [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition; 9.1 INTRODUCTION; 9.2 COBALT-CATALYZED ENANTIOSELECTIVE [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 9.3 IRIDIUM-CATALYZED ENANTIOSELECTIVE [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 9.4 RHODIUM-CATALYZED ENANTIOSELECTIVE [2 + 2 + 2] CYCLOADDITION; 9.5 ENANTIOSELECTIVE SYNTHESIS OF AXIALLY CHIRAL ANILIDES AND BEZAMIDES; 9.6 SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK; REFERENCES; Chapter 10: Synthesis of Helically Chiral Aromatic Compounds via [2 + 2 + 2] Cycloaddition